When the normal pacemaker is impaired and latent pacemaker cells in the AV node initiate the cardiac cycle, the nurse would clarify that this pacemaker is called the
A) altered pacemaker.
B) delayed pacemaker.
C) escape pacemaker.
D) junctional pacemaker.

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The escape pacemaker is the "fail-safe" pacemaker that initiates the cardiac cycle in the absence or impairment of the normal SA node.

When the Normal Pacemaker Is Impaired and Latent Pacemaker Cells