Asymptomatic wide complex tachycardia: a case report

Wide complex tachycardias are a commonly encountered entity in coronary care units, intensive care units and emergency departments. Though, these arrhythmias are potentially fatal, they need to recognized first and treated appropriately. Associated physical signs are helpful in this. We present a ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mukerji, Siddharth, Aloka, Feras, Khasnis, Atul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-47
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Sumario:Wide complex tachycardias are a commonly encountered entity in coronary care units, intensive care units and emergency departments. Though, these arrhythmias are potentially fatal, they need to recognized first and treated appropriately. Associated physical signs are helpful in this. We present a case of a 54-year-old-female who recently underwent placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for cardiomyopathy and developed tachycardia.

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