Beat vs rhythm: which statement is correct?

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Beat vs rhythm: which statement is correct?

Explanation:
In ECG terms, the beat is a single heartbeat, the moment the heart depolarizes once. Rhythm is the pattern of those beats over time—the regularity and spacing across the entire recording. The statement that rhythm is all the way through the strip captures what rhythm means: you’re assessing how beats occur across the whole strip, not just a single moment. The other ideas miss this because a single beat doesn’t describe the ongoing pattern, and rhythm isn’t about amplitude alone—the height of the waves reflects voltage, not the timing pattern.

In ECG terms, the beat is a single heartbeat, the moment the heart depolarizes once. Rhythm is the pattern of those beats over time—the regularity and spacing across the entire recording. The statement that rhythm is all the way through the strip captures what rhythm means: you’re assessing how beats occur across the whole strip, not just a single moment. The other ideas miss this because a single beat doesn’t describe the ongoing pattern, and rhythm isn’t about amplitude alone—the height of the waves reflects voltage, not the timing pattern.

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