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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
* Often seen in the extremes of age and in athletes | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revisión del 00:37 6 oct 2021
Background
- Three or more ectopic foci within the atrial myocardium serve as the pacemaker
- Rate is less than 100bpm (in contrast to MAT)
- Is irregularly irregular therefore sometimes confused with atrial fibrillation and sinus arrhythmia
Clinical Features
- Often seen in the extremes of age and in athletes
Differential Diagnosis
Evaluation
Workup
- ECG
- Will show three distinct P wave morphologies with a ventricular rate <100bpm