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Garrulous

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Sustained monomorphic VT is often associated with underlying heart disease, particularly myocardial ischemia, and rarely occurs in patients without underlying structural heart disease.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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_____ is the ability of cardiac pacemaker cells to spontaneously initiate an electrical impulse without being stimulated from another source, such as a nerve.
 
  a. Excitability
  b. Conductivity
  c. Automaticity
  d. Contractility



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Answer to Question 1

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The ability of cardiac pacemaker cells to create an electrical impulse without being stimulated from another source is called automaticity.





 

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