Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional
Synonyms
Ectopic Junctional Tachycardia
Ectopic Junctional Tachycardias
Ectopic Tachycardia, Junctional
Ectopic Tachycardias, Junctional
Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia
Junctional Ectopic Tachycardias
Junctional Tachycardia, Ectopic
Junctional Tachycardias, Ectopic
Tachycardia, Junctional Ectopic
Tachycardias, Ectopic Junctional
Tachycardias, Junctional Ectopic
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.