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An Electrocardiographic Masquerade
Author(s) -
PAVRI BEHZAD B.,
REICHER BARRY,
KOCOVIC DUSAN Z.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2000.01419.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , electrocardiography
A 60-year-old woman underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy for a massive pulmonary embolism. On postoperative day 2, while receiving intravenous dopamine for hypotension, she developed the tachycardia, and a 12-lead ECG was obtained (Fig. 1). Figure 2 shows the 12-lead ECG obtained on the previous day, when she was in sinus rhythm with frequent premature