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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

CASE CONTINUED She was admitted to the ICU. Finally, do a coronary angiogram Possible alternative to pacing is to give a beta-1 agonist to increase heart rate. Even with tachycardia and a paced QRS duration of ~0.16 LBBB, ventricular pacing, etc.)." Discontinue all QT proloning medications, including azithromycin 6.

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What Lies Beneath

EMS 12-Lead

A 65 y/o Female was admitted to the ICU for septic shock. From afar, there is gross tachycardia, cadence irregularities, and narrow QRS complexes that may, or may not, be Sinus in origin; and finally – a cacophony of wide complexes that might very well be ventricular in origin. Question 2: What explains the conduction abnormalities?