The dysrhythmia in which P waves cannot be identified because of rapid multiple electrical signals that fire from areas of the atria other than the SA node is known as ________.

A. PVCs
B. ventricular tachycardia
C. bundle branch block
D. atrial fibrillation
E. ventricular fibrillation


Answer: D

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