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Young Man with a Heart Rate of 257. What is it and how to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Here is his 12-lead: There is a wide complex tachycardia with a rate of 257, with RBBB and LPFB (right axis deviation) morphology. Read about Fascicular VT here: Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias for the EM Physician Case Continued He was completely stable, so adenosine was administered. See Learning point 1 below.

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Catheter ablation for atrial tachycardia in pediatric patients: a single-center experience

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

PurposeAtrial tachycardia is an uncommon supraventricular tachycardia in children. It is often drug-resistant and likely to occur concomitantly with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation the preferred treatment. A total of 78.6% No postoperative complications occurred in any patient.