Open AccessBidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia Due to Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy a Unique Presentation
Author(s) -
Bhavnani Sanjeev P.,
Clyne Christopher A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of noninvasive electrocardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1542-474X
pISSN - 1082-720X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2012.00520.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , electrocardiography , qrs complex , digitalis , presentation (obstetrics) , heart transplantation , transplantation , heart failure , surgery
Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT) is an uncommon type of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) with alternating polarity of the QRS complex most commonly described digitalis toxicity. Recent data has demonstrated the possible molecular basis of this electrocardiographic phenomenon. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of BVT in a patient with orthotopic cardiac transplantation and coronary allograft vasculopathy.