The Difference Between Wandering Atrial Pacemaker and Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia

question 33

Multiple Choice

The difference between wandering atrial pacemaker and multifocal atrial tachycardia is

• A)wandering atrial pacemaker has a faster heart rate.
• B)multifocal atrial tachycardia has a faster heart rate.
• C)wandering atrial pacemaker has uniform shape P waves; multifocal atrial tachycardia has P waves of at least three different shapes.
• D)wandering atrial pacemaker has only two different shape P waves; multifocal atrial tachycardia has at least five different shaped P waves.

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