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.