Transient complete atrioventricular dissociation and asystole following junctional premature beats in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
A 58-year-old patient is presented with recurrent episodes of complete atrioventricular dissociation and asystole which followed junctional premature beats during the acute phase of myocardial infarction. This uncommon electrocardiographic phenomenon occurred when junctional premature beats interfered with the conduction in a previously compromised atrioventricular node, leading to the above-mentioned electrocardiographic phenomenon.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012008:Recurrence