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Preferred term

Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A rare form of supraventricular tachycardia caused by automatic, not reentrant, conduction initiated from sites at the atrioventricular junction, but not the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. It usually occurs during myocardial infarction, after heart surgery, or in digitalis intoxication with a HEART RATE ranging from 140 to 250 beats per minute.

Entry terms

  • Ectopic Junctional Tachycardia
  • Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MGT1XTKZ-K

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