Abstract
When an irritable focus in any part of the ventricular myocardium activates the ventricles before the arrival of the next normal wave of depolarization from the atria a ventricular extrasystole is produced (Figure 14.1).
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Fleming, J.S. (1979). Ventricular Arrhythmias. In: Interpreting the Electrocardiogram. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7439-8_14
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