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Syncope while on a treadmill

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To me, it was clearly atrial flutter with 1:1 conduction. The rate of 280 is just right for atrial flutter. The waves look like atrial flutter waves, NOT like a wide ventricular complex. Because the patient was exercising, which increases sympathetic tone, facilitating AV conduction.