Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy suspected by electrocardiogram: confirmed by angiography
Author(s) -
Ardan M. Saguner,
Laurent Haegeli,
Christian Templin,
Thomas Wölber,
Ulf Landmesser,
Fırat Duru
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs087
Subject(s) - medicine , presyncope , cardiology , left bundle branch block , notching , tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , electrocardiography , bundle branch block , qrs complex , ventricular outflow tract , cardiomyopathy , heart rate , heart failure , blood pressure , materials science , metallurgy
A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized for presyncope. The 12-lead surface electrocardiogram (ECG) in the emergency room showed a sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) at a rate of 143 b.p.m. with a left bundle branch block (LBBB) morphology and inferior axis ( Panel A ). The ECG was remarkable for pronounced notching of the QRS complexes across multiple leads. Idiopathic right ventricular (RV) outflow tract tachycardia …
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