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[[AV dissociation]] is present with variable timing of the p wave in relation to the QRS.  A narrow complex junctional escape rhythm at 75 beats per minute is present:
[[AV dissociation]] is present with variable timing of the p wave in relation to the QRS.  A narrow complex junctional escape rhythm at 75 beats per minute is present:
[[File:Junctional Rhythm with AV dissociation.jpg|700px]]
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EkG shown below is a regular rhythm at a rate of about 43/minute. There are no P waves to be seen and the QRS duration is about 80 ms. This is a nodal rhythm.
 
[[File:Nodal rhythm.jpg|center|500px]]


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

See also: Junctional bradycardia for slow junctional rhythms, and junctional tachycardia for fast jucntional rhythms

Overview

Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a locus of tissue in the area of the atrioventricular node,[1] the "junction" between atria and ventricles.

Classification

Junctional Bradycardia

  • The junctional rate may be slow (40-60 beats per minute) in which case the rhythm is referred to as junctional bradycardia

Junctional Rhythm

  • The junctional rate is normal

Junctional Tachycardia

Pathophysiology

Under normal conditions, the heart's sinoatrial node determines the rate by which the organ beats - in other words, it is the heart's "pacemaker." The electrical activity of sinus rhythm originates in the sinoatrial node and depolarizes the atria. Current then passes from the atria through the bundle of His, from which it travels along Purkinje fibers to reach and depolarize the ventricles. This sinus rhythm is important because it ensures that the heart's atria reliably contract before the ventricles.

In junctional rhythm, however, the sinoatrial node does not control the heart's rhythm - this can happen in the case of a block in conduction somewhere along the pathway described above. When this happens, the heart's atrioventricular node takes over as the pacemaker.[2]. In the case of a junctional rhythm, the atria will actually still contract before the ventricles; however, this does not happen by the normal pathway and instead is due to retrograde conduction (conduction comes from the ventricles or from the AV node into and through the atria).[3].

Causes

Junctional bradycardia

Junctional tachycardia

Diagnosis

Electrocardiogram

  • The QRS complexes are narrow in so far as conduction down the His bundle is normal
  • The junctional rate may be slow (40-60 beats per minute) in which case the rhythm is referred to as junctional bradycardia
  • The junctional rate may be normal as shown in the tracing below
  • The junctional rate may be rapid in which case the rhythm is referred to as a junctional tachycardia
  • There is dissociation of the narrow complex QRS from an upright atrial p wave or the p wave is missing, or the p wave is retrograde (a retrograde p wave) due to retrograde conduction from the AV node back into the atrium.

ECG Example


AV dissociation is present with variable timing of the p wave in relation to the QRS. A narrow complex junctional escape rhythm at 75 beats per minute is present:


EkG shown below is a regular rhythm at a rate of about 43/minute. There are no P waves to be seen and the QRS duration is about 80 ms. This is a nodal rhythm.

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References

  1. Merriam-Webster dictionary > Junctional rhythm Retrieved September 2010
  2. eMedicine:"Junctional Rhythms" http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic1212.htm
  3. medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/retrograde+conduction
  4. "Junctional Rhythm: Overview - eMedicine". Retrieved 2008-12-21.

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