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  2. File:Diagram of the human heart (cropped).svg - Wikipedia

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  3. List of cardiology mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    Digoxin: Helps slow the heart rate by blocking the number of electrical impulses that pass through the AV node into the lower heart chambers (ventricles). Electrocardioversion: A procedure in which electric currents are used to reset the heart's rhythm back to regular pattern. [3]

  4. Heart block - Wikipedia

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    SA and AV node blocks are each divided into three degrees, with second-degree blocks being divided into two types (written either "type I or II" or "type 1 or 2"). The term "Wenckebach block" is also used for second degree type 1 blocks of either the SA or AV node; in addition second-degree blocks type 1 and 2 are also sometimes known as ...

  5. Bundle branch block - Wikipedia

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    A right bundle branch block typically causes prolongation of the last part of the QRS complex and may shift the heart's electrical axis slightly to the right. The ECG will show a terminal R wave in lead V1 and a slurred S wave in lead I. Left bundle branch block widens the entire QRS, and in most cases shifts the heart's electrical axis to the ...

  6. Atrioventricular block - Wikipedia

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    The heart rate produced by the ventricles is much slower than that produced by the SA node. [1] Some AV blocks are benign, or normal, in certain people, such as in athletes or children. Other blocks are pathologic, or abnormal, and have several causes, including ischemia, infarction, fibrosis, and drugs.

  7. Pattern Blocks - Wikipedia

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    Pattern blocks were developed, along with a Teacher's Guide to their use, [1] at the Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts as part of the Elementary Science Study (ESS) project. [5] The first Trial Edition of the Teacher's Guide states: "Work on Pattern Blocks was begun by Edward Prenowitz in 1963.

  8. Nvidia - Wikipedia

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    In August 2019, Nvidia announced Minecraft RTX, an official Nvidia-developed patch for the game Minecraft adding real-time DXR ray tracing exclusively to the Windows 10 version of the game. The whole game is, in Nvidia's words, "refit" with path tracing , which dramatically affects the way light, reflections, and shadows work inside the engine.

  9. William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.