Every face tells a story-unravelling a case of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia is a rare form of tachycardia. We hereby report a case of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in an 8-year-old boy wherein careful clinical exami-nation led to the diagnosis of Andersen Tawil syndrome. The case also demonstrates the efficacy of flecainide in m...

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Autores principales: Sachdeva, Sakshi, Gupta, Saurabh Kumar, Naik, Nitish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7517587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32615315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2020.06.002
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Sumario:Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia is a rare form of tachycardia. We hereby report a case of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in an 8-year-old boy wherein careful clinical exami-nation led to the diagnosis of Andersen Tawil syndrome. The case also demonstrates the efficacy of flecainide in managing bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in the setting of Andersen Tawil syndrome.

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