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Can a patient with a heart rate of 116 and a rhythm of afib display bigeminal ves or would the rhythm be diagnosed as junctional tachycardia with bigem pvcs?

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One can have A Fib with a PVC following every QRS by a rentry circuit in the ventricles. However if the ventricular rhythm is perfectly regular, you would then have A Fib with AV dissociation and junctional tachycardia with ventricular bigeminy. The ventricular rhythm would then be completely independent of the atrial activity. I hope this helps.

Answered 4/2/2022

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

You only use the term junctional tachycardia when the rhythm is regular.

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