A 20-year-old male presents to the primary care office for a routine wellness visit and is without complaints.  The patient states that he feels entirely well, denies recent acute illness, and has no significant PMH.  On physical examination, heart rate is noted to be irregular.  A baseline EKG is obtained.   Based on this rhythm strip (see image below), what is your initial diagnosis?  

A 64-year-old man with a history of a remote myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure presents for his 3-month follow-up. A recent echocardiogram reveals severe left ventricular   dysfunction.What intervention has been shown to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death in similar patients?

Which procedure does the surgeon use to create an arteriovenous fistula aiding hemodialysis (HD) in the patient with renal failure?

_________ muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system and operate the internal organs, blood vessels, and glandular ducts.

IgM is the abbreviation for:

Mr. Gonzales’ colonoscopy revealed several large benign polyps, which his physician removed in a _______.

A combining form for urine is:

The combining form audi/o means:

The channel between the middle ear and nasopharynx is the:

____________ are the immature osteocytes that produce the bony tissue that replaces ___________ during ossification.