An 83-year-old resident in the long-term care facility where you practice nursing has an irregular heart rate of around 100 beats/minute. He also has a significant pulse deficit. What component of his history would produce such symptoms?

An 83-year-old resident in the long-term care facility where you practice nursing has an irregular heart rate of around 100 beats/minute. He also has a significant pulse deficit. What component of his history would produce such symptoms?


a) Bundle branch block
b) Heart block
c) Atrial flutter
d) Atrial fibrillation


Answer: d) Atrial fibrillation


Learn More :