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The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF) carry important prognostic implications, especially in the post myocardial infarction period. However, artifact on the electrocardiographic tracing can mimic VF particularly on routinely recorded rhythm strips in hospitals. Such m...
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BioMed Central
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17760955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-72 |
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| author | Jafary, Fahim H |
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| description | Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF) carry important prognostic implications, especially in the post myocardial infarction period. However, artifact on the electrocardiographic tracing can mimic VF particularly on routinely recorded rhythm strips in hospitals. Such misinterpretation can lead to expensive (and potentially risky) diagnostic and therapeutic steps. We report on such a case and highlight the need for careful inspection of the tracing. |
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| spelling | pubmed-20008842007-10-05 The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report Jafary, Fahim H J Med Case Reports Case Report Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF) carry important prognostic implications, especially in the post myocardial infarction period. However, artifact on the electrocardiographic tracing can mimic VF particularly on routinely recorded rhythm strips in hospitals. Such misinterpretation can lead to expensive (and potentially risky) diagnostic and therapeutic steps. We report on such a case and highlight the need for careful inspection of the tracing. BioMed Central 2007-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2000884/ /pubmed/17760955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-72 Text en Copyright © 2007 Jafary; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Jafary, Fahim H The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title | The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title_full | The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title_fullStr | The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title_short | The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| title_sort | "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17760955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-72 |
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