The nurse is caring for a patient whose atria do not contract correctly. The nurse would expect this dysfunction to be apparent in which part of the ECG complex?

Name: The nurse is caring for a patient whose atria do not contract correctly. The nurse would expect this dysfunction to be apparent in which part of the ECG complex?
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The P wave represents atrial depolarization, or contraction. If the atria are not contracting correctly, this dysfunction would be apparent in the P wave of the ECG complex.

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