premature atrioventricular junctional complex (JPC)

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Introduction

Premature depolarizations originating in the AV node or the proximal segment of the His-Purkinje system. Most JPCs occur in the absence of structural heart disease & result from increased automaticity.

Etiology

Clinical manifestations

  • patients may be asymptomatic
  • feeling of skipped beats

Diagnostic procedures

Management

  • Generally no therapy is required.

More general terms

References

  1. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 140