Open AccessWide-Complex Tachycardia
Author(s) -
László Littmann,
Michael H. Monroe,
Dustin Letts
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.103.21.e109
Subject(s) - medicine , tachycardia , cardiology , intensive care medicine
To the Editor: The Images in Cardiovascular Medicine section of the August 29, 2000 issue of Circulation presented a case of wide-complex tachycardia (WCT) that reportedly required placement of a transesophageal lead to diagnose ventricular tachycardia (VT).1 Pharmacological trials of adenosine, diltiazem, lidocaine, and procainamide were noted to be unhelpful.In our view, the diagnosis of VT can be firmly established from the 12-lead ECG alone without the use of the …
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