KROK 1 2020 – Question 19 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
ECG shows absent P waves replaced by f waves, QRST complexes have irregular intervals between them (RR interval varies), R waves have different voltage. What type of arrhythmia is it?
- A. Atrial fibrillation
- B. Paroxysmal tachycardia
- C. Sinus tachycardia
- D. Idioventricular rhythm
- E. Sinus arrhythmia
Hint
Consider what absent P waves and a completely irregular RR interval say about where the impulses come from and how they reach the ventricles.
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