The nursing educator is presenting a case study of an adult patient who has abnormal ventricular depolarization. This pathologic change would be most evident in what component of the ECG?
A) P wave
B) T wave
C) QRS complex
D) U wave
Ans: C
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The QRS complex represents the depolarization of the ventricles and, as such, the electrical activity of that ventricle.
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