Why can't the atrial rate be determined in idioventricular rhythms?

A. The wide and bizarre QRS complex masks the P waves.
B. The P waves are buried in the QRS complexes.
C. Atrial depolarization is absent.
D. The atrial rate is too irregular to be determined.


Answer: C

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