Having an accelerated junctional rhythm occurs when the atrioventricular node in your heart beats too quickly. It happens as a result of damage to your heart’s primary natural pacemaker. There’s no ...

Junctional rhythm is an irregular heart rhythm that stems from a natural pacemaker in the heart known as the atrioventricular junction. The heart has several built-in pacemakers that help control its ...

The correct diagnosis is sinus bradycardia, AV dissociation, and accelerated junctional rhythm and occasional capture (Figure 2). The other QRS complexes occur at a regular interval and a rate of 42 ...

A junctional escape rhythm is when the heartbeat starts in a different part of the heart than it should. This type of arrhythmia may not need treatment, but a doctor does need to investigate the ...

The correct diagnosis is atrial rhythm with AV dissociation and accelerated junctional rhythm (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Philip J. Podrid, MD. The rhythm is regular at a rate of 96 beats/min, ...