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Recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia without chest pain: an unusual presentation of focal coronary artery spasm

The British Journal of Cardiology

Ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring revealed recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT). The arrhythmias persisted despite initial medical management, including calcium channel blockers and intravenous glyceryl trinitrate. The patient presented with recurrent palpitations and pre-syncope, with no chest pain.

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Atrial arrhythmia and heart failure in congenital heart disease: a pas de deux with consequences

Heart BMJ

In adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD patients), atrial arrhythmias (AA) and heart failure (HF) are common. Early diagnosis and ECG documentation is therefore essential for arrhythmia management. Early diagnosis and ECG documentation is therefore essential for arrhythmia management.

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Operative therapy for cardiac arrhythmias: Setting the stage for catheter ablation

HeartRhythm

Notwithstanding many insightful observations, the electrocardiogram (ECG) arguably ignited the big bang in our understanding of cardiac arrhythmias. Using ECG recording and deductive reasoning, our teachers and predecessors classified the bradycardias and tachycardias and proposed many mechanisms, subsequently proven to be correct.

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SUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

ECG Guru

We see here a wide complex tachycardia with a frequency of approx. The short VT after the end of the sustained ventricular tachycardia with the same QRS morphology also indicates a ventricular origin of this arrhythmia. 105-110 beats per minute that lasts for a good minute.

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Very fast regular tachycardia: 2 ECGs from the same patient. What is going on?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ECG#1 There is a regular tachycardia with a ventricular rate of about 180 bpm. Smith comment : When there is a regular wide complex tachycardia, first assess whether it is sinus or not. Put shortly is SVT with "Shark Fin STE" and not ventricular tachycardia. An ECG was recorded immediately and is shown below. Is there OMI?

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ECG Video Blog #403 (220) — Ps,Qs,3Rs Approach to this Tachycardia.

Ken Grauer, MD

A dditional M aterial on T oday's C ASE: — — Today’s E CG M edia P EARL # 37 ( 6:00 minutes Audio ) — Reviews how to determine IF Your Patient with an Arrhythmia is Hemodynamically Stable ! Figure: Following treatment with Atropine — the patient stabilized, and this 12-lead ECG was obtained.

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Exploring Potential New Treatment for Ventricular Tachycardia

DAIC

Cingolani, director of Cardiogenetics and Preclinical Research in the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is exploring new ways to help patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT), a recurring, abnormally fast and irregular heartbeat that starts in the lower chambers, or ventricles, of the heart.