Why Can't the Atrial Rate Be Determined in Idioventricular Rhythms

question 32

Multiple Choice

Why can't the atrial rate be determined in idioventricular rhythms?

• A)The P waves are buried in the QRS complexes.
• B)The wide and bizarre QRS complex masks the P waves.
• C)Atrial depolarization is absent.
• D)The atrial rate is too irregular to be determined.

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