.Atrial Tachycardia

What would happen if there were a rapid series of consecutive premature beats not from the SA node but from somewhere else in the atria?

 

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There would be a rate > 100 called Atrial Tachycardia

          a.  The P wave would be altered in different EKG leads
          b.  Caused by abnormal focus within the atria and would be 
               paroxysmal in nature.
         c.  Can also be called Premature Atrial Tachycardia (PAT).

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