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

Synonyms and keywords: junctional escape; junctional escape rhythm

Overview

Junctional bradycardia is a slow (40 to 60 beats per minute) narrow complex escape rhythm that originates in the atrioventricular node to compensate for slow or impaired conduction of pacemaker activity in the atrium.

Pathophysiology

Normally, the atrioventricular node (AVN) can generate an escape rhythm of 40-60 beats per minute in case the sinoatrial node (SA node) or atrial pacemakers fail (sinus arrest) or slow (sinus bradycardia) or if there is complete heart block. This junctional escape rhythm generates a normal, narrow QRS complex rhythm at a rte below 60 beats per minute (junctional bradycardia) as the electrical impulses once they are generated are conducted with normal velocity down the usual pathways. Retrograde P waves (i.e. upside down) P waves due to retrograde or backward conduction may or may not be present.

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