Spontaneous Pothole Cardioversion of a Wide Complex Tachycardia

External mechanical forces, if properly timed and of sufficient energy, have rarely been reported to convert tachyarrhythmias to sinus rhythm. We report a case of a patient with a wide-complex tachycardia that spontaneously converted to sinus rhythm after an ambulance ran over a pothole during emerg...

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Autores principales: Freeman, Wilbur K., Freeman, Katelyn R., Abuissa, Hussam S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.032
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description External mechanical forces, if properly timed and of sufficient energy, have rarely been reported to convert tachyarrhythmias to sinus rhythm. We report a case of a patient with a wide-complex tachycardia that spontaneously converted to sinus rhythm after an ambulance ran over a pothole during emergency transport to the hospital. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-83020502021-07-26 Spontaneous Pothole Cardioversion of a Wide Complex Tachycardia Freeman, Wilbur K. Freeman, Katelyn R. Abuissa, Hussam S. JACC Case Rep Case Reports External mechanical forces, if properly timed and of sufficient energy, have rarely been reported to convert tachyarrhythmias to sinus rhythm. We report a case of a patient with a wide-complex tachycardia that spontaneously converted to sinus rhythm after an ambulance ran over a pothole during emergency transport to the hospital. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8302050/ /pubmed/34317389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.032 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Spontaneous Pothole Cardioversion of a Wide Complex Tachycardia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.032
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