- junctional escape rhythm
- atrioventricular junctional escape r.
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junctional escape rhythm
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atrioventricular (AV) junctional escape rhythm — a cardiac rhythm of four or more AV junctional escape beats at a rate below 60 beats per minute, the impulses originating in the AV junction due to absence of normal impulse generation by or conduction from the sinus node or atria … Medical dictionary
Junctional escape beat — A junctional escape beat is a delayed heartbeat originating not from the atrium but from an ectopic focus somewhere in the AV junction. It occurs when the rate of depolarization of the SA node falls below the rate of the AV node. This dysrhythmia … Wikipedia
atrioventricular junctional escape — the occurrence of one or more escape beats in which the atrioventricular node acts as the cardiac pacemaker; see also under beat and rhythm … Medical dictionary
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JER — junctional escape rhythm … Medical dictionary
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