A-V DISSOCIATION
DUE TO DEFAULT
A-V DISSOCIATION
“A-V DISSOCIATION REPRESENTS THE CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THE
ATRIA ARE ACITIVATED BY ONE PACEMAKER AND THE VENTRICLES BY
ANOTHER—THE TWO PACEMAKERS COMPETING FOR CONTROL OF
VENTRICULA R ACTIVATION. IN THE RESULTING DUEL, THE ONE WITH
THE FASTEST RATE WILL DOMINATE THE OVERALL RHYTHM.”
IF THE SINUS NODE IS LAZY, IT PERMITS AN AUXILLARY PACEMAKER
TO SURFACE – “A-V DISSOCIATION BY DEFAULT”