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A junctional escape rhythm occurs because of:

Slowing of the rate of the heart's primary pacemaker

The usual rate of nonparoxysmal junctional tachycardia is:

101-140 bpm

The atrioventricular (AV) junction consists of the:

AV node and nonbranching portion of the bundle of his