Open AccessWide‐complex tachycardia in a patient with old myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Bhasin Dinkar,
Narang Rajiv,
Parakh Neeraj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1002/joa3.12426
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , palpitations , myocardial infarction , atrial fibrillation , coronary artery disease , ejection fraction , ventricular tachycardia , heart failure , amiodarone , electrocardiography , supraventricular tachycardia , sudden cardiac death , tachycardia
An elderly man with a history of coronary artery disease presented with sudden‐onset palpitations. The electrocardiogram showed wide complex tachycardia with left bundle branch morphology which terminated spontaneously. Subsequent ECGs confirmed the diagnosis as atrial fibrillation with aberrant conduction because of a diseased left bundle.