Unusual mode of tachycardia termination uncovers the underlying arrhythmia mechanism

Máximo Rivero-Ayerza; Marc De Zutter; Gian Battista Chierchia; Peter Geelen; Pedro Brugada

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04383.x

Unusual mode of tachycardia termination uncovers the underlying arrhythmia mechanism

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2004 Nov;15(11):1333-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04383.x.

Authors

Máximo Rivero-Ayerza¹, Marc De Zutter, Gian Battista Chierchia, Peter Geelen, Pedro Brugada

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Aalst, Belgium. [email protected]

PMID: 15574189
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04383.x

Abstract

We discuss the differential diagnosis of a tachycardia with a broad QRS complex and how the mode of termination helped elucidate the underlying tachycardia mechanism.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography*
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology