A case of cardiac foreign bodies associated with four types of tachycardias.
A case of cardiac foreign bodies leading to development of four varieties of automatic tachycardia is reported. A 51-year-old male with aortic regurgitation was admitted to our hospital because of palpitations. An electrocardiogram revealed junctional tachycardia with or without left bundle branch block, and two types of fascicular tachycardias. Computed tomography showed metallic foreign bodies from a fractured guidewire in the membranous portion of the interventricular septum, which was inadvertently retained when he underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization at the age of 27.
Kuruma
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Saitoh
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Ino
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Atarashi
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Katoh
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Hayakawa
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Ikeshita
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Tanaka
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D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006321:Heart; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed