The compensatory pause after the PVC is slightly longer than the junctional escape interval and allows the junctional rhythm to escape for 5 beats. During this period, the P waves from the sinus ...
There is a regular rhythm with a rate of 36 beats/min. The fifth QRS complex (*) is early, has a different QRS morphology from the first four, and has a shorter RR interval. The initial four QRS ...
Ken Solt is in the Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA, and the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General ...