A junctional rhythm occurs when the electrical activation of the heart originates near or within the atrioventricular node, rather than from the sinoatrial node. Because the normal ventricular ...

Symptoms can vary and may not be present in people with a junctional rhythm. In some cases, a person may not discover it until they have an electrocardiogram (ECG) or other testing. When symptoms ...

Junctional rhythms are usually the result of damage to ... They’ll likely order tests, such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram to get a better look at your heart rhythm, structure ...

These junctional cells normally have a rate of ... impulses and provides information about the heart rate and rhythm. On the ...

This is an accelerated junctional rhythm and P wave activity can be seen at the end of the QRS complexes in lead I and lead III. The QT is quite prolonged. This ECG was from a patient with genetic ...

One is complete heart block, in which the atrial rate is faster than the rate of the QRS complexes, which represent an escape rhythm and may be junctional or ventricular on the basis of the QRS ...

The correct diagnosis is junctional rhythm with echo beats (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Philip J. Podrid, MD. The rhythm is irregular, but all of the long intervals (↔) are the same and the ...

An ECG has other uses as well ... depending on the precipitating condition—bradycardia, heart block, junctional rhythm, or sick sinus syndrome. Understanding anatomically how the heart is ...

Junctional tachycardia ... called an EKG or ECG -- to look at the electrical pulsing of your heart. They’ll also look for signs that your AV node has taken over the rhythm-setting job of the ...

The ECG findings presented as normal in athletes were established ... which is slowed in athletes due to increased vagal tone (figure 4). The QRS rate for junctional rhythms is typically less than 100 ...