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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Place, Haz, Door
Challenge: Look carefully (click to enlarge) - what's the diagnosis?
This is MAT or multifocal atrial tachycardia, characterized by discrete P waves with at least 3 different morphologies, an atrial rate over 90, P waves separated by isoelectric intervals, and variation in the P-P, P-R, and R-R intervals/durations.
Challenge: Look carefully (click to enlarge) - what's the diagnosis?
multifocal atrial tachycardia?
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Place, Haz, Door
This is MAT or multifocal atrial tachycardia, characterized by discrete P waves with at least 3 different morphologies, an atrial rate over 90, P waves separated by isoelectric intervals, and variation in the P-P, P-R, and R-R intervals/durations.
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