Open AccessElectrocardiographic Characteristics of Ventricular Arrhythmia Originating from the Left Coronary Cusp
Author(s) -
Antoine Kossaify,
Nadir Saoudi,
Sami Succar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2011/935951
Subject(s) - cusp (singularity) , medicine , cardiology , geometry , mathematics
Aortic cusps originating arrhythmias are rare; they have special electrocardiogram features that help to locate the site of origin. We report on a 20-year-old male patient without structural heart disease presenting with accelerated idioventricular rhythm; electrocardiogram analysis was typical of left coronary cusp origin.
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