Question

Any ectopy should be cause for concern in healthy people?
1) True
2) False

Answer 1

False. Not all ectopies should be cause for concern in healthy people.

Step-by-step explanation:

False. Not all ectopies should be cause for concern in healthy people. An ectopic focus or ectopic pacemaker, which is an area of the heart other than the SA node that initiates an impulse, may occur occasionally and are generally transitory and non-life threatening. However, if the condition becomes chronic, it may lead to arrhythmia or fibrillation, which are deviations from the normal pattern of impulse conduction and contraction.