The correct answer is 1. A first-degree AV block occurs when conduction through the AV node is slowed, thus delaying the time it takes for the action potential to travel from the SA node, through the AV node, and to the ventricles – a prolonged P-R interval on the cardiac rhythm strip thus indicates it
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