PJRT

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of changing EP's which required that I get a copy of my records from my old EP. So of course when I get home I read what was in my records and came across something that was never mentioned at any of my appts. Have any of the members here ever heard or been diagnosed with PJRT (Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia) I was very surprised to find that I had that arrythmia as well as the others. I researched this PJRT and it is very uncommon (1%) of people have this and it is mostly detected in children. I did not fully understand what I was reading while researching it so if anyone here has ever heard of it or been diagnosed with it and can explain it to me in layman terms it would be a great help.
Thanks!
Mona

1 Comments

Here ya go

by Angelie - 2010-06-27 05:06:35

Permanent form of junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT) is an uncommon form of atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia due to an accessory pathway characterized by slow and decremental retrograde conduction. The majority of accessory pathways in PJRT are localized in the posteroseptal zone.

Retrograde conduction is when your heart's signal is backwards and your AV node close to your bottom chamber decides it wants to be your sinus node (located in your upper chamber) The normal signal is initiated in your heart's sinus node then the signal travels down to your AV node which causes your lower heart chambers to beat.

I have retrograde AV conduction.

Accessory pathway just means that there is an extra circuit somewhere in your heart chamber that is causing the problem. Posteroseptal zone is the area in the heart chamber. The septum is the thin wall that separates the right and left chambers.

Hope this helps some. I might add more info when I'm not so tired.
Angelie

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