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A Case of Cardiac Foreign Bodies Associated with Four Types of Tachycardias
Author(s) -
KURUMA AKINORI,
SAITOH HIROKAZU,
INO TAKESHI,
ATARASHI HIROTSUGU,
KATOH TAKAO,
HAYAKAWA HIROKAZU,
IKESHITA MASATOSHI,
TANAKA SHIGEO
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb03123.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , foreign bodies , surgery
A case of cardiac foreign bodies leading to development of four varieties of automatic tachycardia is reported. A 51‐year‐old male with aortic regurgitation was admitted to our hospital because of palpitations. An electrocardiogram revealed junctional tachycardia with or without left bundle branch block, and two types of fascicular tachycardias. Computed tomography showed metallic foreign bodies from a fractured guidewire in the membranous portion of the interventricular septum, which was inadvertently retained when he underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization at the age of 27.