Wide Complex Tachycardia (wide + complex_tachycardia)

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Selected Abstracts


Hypersensitivity Myocarditis Presenting as Atrioventricular Block and Wide Complex Tachycardia in a Toddler

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, Issue 5 2008
Neil Bhogal MD
ABSTRACT A 13-month-old boy presented with acute onset of complete atrioventricular block and wide complex tachycardia but normal hemodynamics. Endomyocardial biopsy disclosed active myocarditis with eosinophils, suggesting a hypersensitivity reaction. With no treatment, the rhythm disturbance resolved within days of onset. Our patient's presentation and self-limited illness is unique. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of eosinophilic myocarditis in a young child or infant. [source]


Mechanism of Wide Complex Tachycardia in a Structurally Normal Heart

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 9 2009
ZIAD F. ISSA M.D.
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A Wide Complex Tachycardia: What is the Mechanism?

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 3 2008
MICHAEL KUHNE M.D.
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


Bedside Electrophysiology Study Using an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Rapid Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 1 2010
JOSHUA D. MOSS M.D.
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


A Technique for the Rapid Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia with 1:1 AV Relationship in the Electrophysiology Laboratory

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 4 2009
AMIR ABDELWAHAB M.B. B.Ch., M.Sc.
Background:The differential diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia (WCT) with 1:1 atrioventricular (AV) relationship is broad. Accurate identification of the tachycardia mechanism is essential for successful ablation. We suggest a simple pacing maneuver that can immediately clarify the tachycardia mechanism in the electrophysiology laboratory. Methods:Eight consecutive patients (four males, 32 ± 14 years) demonstrating stable sustained WCT with persistent 1:1 AV relationship during electrophysiologic testing were included in this study. During the tachycardia, atrial overdrive pacing was performed. The following responses were observed: (1) a change of the QRS morphology during atrial pacing and (2) the first return electrogram of the tachycardia, whether occurring in the atrium (AVA response) or in the ventricle (AVVA response). Results:Atrial overdrive pacing was successfully performed in all patients. It was associated with either a change or narrowing of the QRS in all ventricular tachycardia (VT) patients but not in supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) patients. All VT patients had an AVVA response upon cessation of atrial overdrive pacing as opposed to AVA response in SVT patients, P = 0.029. Conclusion:The response to atrial overdrive pacing during WCT with 1:1 AV relationship can rapidly diagnose or rule out VT as a mechanism of tachycardia. [source]


Latent Atriofascicular Pathway Participating in a Wide Complex Tachycardia: Differentiation from Ventricular Tachycardia

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 12 2006
MOHAMMAD V. JORAT M.D.
Accessory pathways with anterograde decremental conduction properties usually are characterized by presence of antegrade preexcitation during atrial pacing. We report a 38-year-old man with frequent episodes of palpitation. No evidence of ventricular preexcitation was seen during sinus rhythm or atrial pacing. All electrophysiologic maneuvers were compatible with an antidromic tachycardia using atriofascicular pathway as the antegrade limb and the atrioventricular nodal pathway as retrograde limb. Radiofrequency ablation at recording site of accessory pathway potential resulted in cure of tachycardia with no recurrence during 3-month follow-up. This report indicated that atriofascicular pathway-mediated tachycardia should be considered in differential diagnosis of all cases of wide complex tachycardia with left bundle branch morphology and left axis. [source]


Alternating Narrow and Wide Complex Tachycardia

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 1 2002
PAUL KHAIRY
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


Hypersensitivity Myocarditis Presenting as Atrioventricular Block and Wide Complex Tachycardia in a Toddler

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, Issue 5 2008
Neil Bhogal MD
ABSTRACT A 13-month-old boy presented with acute onset of complete atrioventricular block and wide complex tachycardia but normal hemodynamics. Endomyocardial biopsy disclosed active myocarditis with eosinophils, suggesting a hypersensitivity reaction. With no treatment, the rhythm disturbance resolved within days of onset. Our patient's presentation and self-limited illness is unique. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of eosinophilic myocarditis in a young child or infant. [source]


A Technique for the Rapid Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia with 1:1 AV Relationship in the Electrophysiology Laboratory

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 4 2009
AMIR ABDELWAHAB M.B. B.Ch., M.Sc.
Background:The differential diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia (WCT) with 1:1 atrioventricular (AV) relationship is broad. Accurate identification of the tachycardia mechanism is essential for successful ablation. We suggest a simple pacing maneuver that can immediately clarify the tachycardia mechanism in the electrophysiology laboratory. Methods:Eight consecutive patients (four males, 32 ± 14 years) demonstrating stable sustained WCT with persistent 1:1 AV relationship during electrophysiologic testing were included in this study. During the tachycardia, atrial overdrive pacing was performed. The following responses were observed: (1) a change of the QRS morphology during atrial pacing and (2) the first return electrogram of the tachycardia, whether occurring in the atrium (AVA response) or in the ventricle (AVVA response). Results:Atrial overdrive pacing was successfully performed in all patients. It was associated with either a change or narrowing of the QRS in all ventricular tachycardia (VT) patients but not in supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) patients. All VT patients had an AVVA response upon cessation of atrial overdrive pacing as opposed to AVA response in SVT patients, P = 0.029. Conclusion:The response to atrial overdrive pacing during WCT with 1:1 AV relationship can rapidly diagnose or rule out VT as a mechanism of tachycardia. [source]


Runaway Implantable Defibrillator,A Rare Complication of Radiation Therapy

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 5 2007
EMEC M.D., F.A.C.C., JAN N
A case of a patient with runaway implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) due to radiation therapy of a lung cancer is reported. This manifested as poorly tolerated wide complex tachycardia due to inappropriate rapid ventricular pacing, The event terminated with polymorphic VT, which inhibited pacing and ceased spontaneously before ICD discharge. The likely cause was corruption of device random access memory by ionizing radiation. [source]


Latent Atriofascicular Pathway Participating in a Wide Complex Tachycardia: Differentiation from Ventricular Tachycardia

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 12 2006
MOHAMMAD V. JORAT M.D.
Accessory pathways with anterograde decremental conduction properties usually are characterized by presence of antegrade preexcitation during atrial pacing. We report a 38-year-old man with frequent episodes of palpitation. No evidence of ventricular preexcitation was seen during sinus rhythm or atrial pacing. All electrophysiologic maneuvers were compatible with an antidromic tachycardia using atriofascicular pathway as the antegrade limb and the atrioventricular nodal pathway as retrograde limb. Radiofrequency ablation at recording site of accessory pathway potential resulted in cure of tachycardia with no recurrence during 3-month follow-up. This report indicated that atriofascicular pathway-mediated tachycardia should be considered in differential diagnosis of all cases of wide complex tachycardia with left bundle branch morphology and left axis. [source]


Wide QRS Tachycardia: What Is the Rhythm?

ANNALS OF NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY, Issue 4 2006
Jonathan Rosman M.D.
We report a case of an elderly man who presented to the emergency room complaining of palpitations. Electrocardiogram revealed wide QRS tachycardia with a narrow beat within the tachycardia. Most commonly, a narrow complex beat during a wide complex tachycardia suggests a capture or fusion beat in the setting of ventricular tachycardia. However, there are situations where supraventricular tachycardia can also manifest this way. In our patient a pacemaker interrogation clarified the diagnosis. [source]


Images in cardiology: Ventriculo-arital wenckebach during wide complex tachycardia

CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, Issue 11 2006
Romulo F. Baltazar M.D.
No abstract is available for this article. [source]