Atrial Rhythm

This is part of: Supraventricular Rhythms

Atrial Rhythm
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Atrial rate	50-100 bpm
Ventricular rate	1:1
Regularity	regular
Origin	atrial
P-wave	present, but different from sinus rhythm
Effect of adenosine	slows down
Example ECG:
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Atrial rhythm resembles sinusrhythm, but origins from a different atrial focus. It can be recognised by the abnormal configuration of the p-wave. Often the p-wave is negative in AVF, as is seen in the example.

Conversion of sinus bradycardia to atrial rhythm is sometimes seen in young patients with sinus bradycardia, as in this example.