No P waves are seen on the ECG. When a junctional escape ensues, the rhythm may be confused with a junctional rhythm. If no junctional escape rhythm is present, a long pause resulting in asystole ...

A junctional rhythm occurs when the electrical activation of the heart originates near or within the atrioventricular node, rather than from the sinoatrial node. Because the normal ventricular ...

Prematurity of an ectopy is determined by the intrinsic escape rhythm of the ectopic focus ... 2,3. Figure 2: An ECG obtained from a beagle dog 21 days later, showing six rhythm strips ...