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Ventricular fibrillation and asystole. Here we have the worst tracings of all. Tracing A is pure chaos with no consistent waves whatsoever—ventricular fibrillation. In tracing B, following a single beat, we have no further evidence of electrical activity. This is called asystole. In either case, the patient is in cardiac arrest with no pulse.
