title: [Simulated tachyarrhythmia. A case report].
abstract: In this case report, the hospitalization of a 34-year-old woman with a history of heart disease is described. Arrhythmias and precordial chest pain led to her admission to the coronary care unit. Different therapeutic trials failed. Finally it became obvious that all tachycardias documented by the arrhythmia monitoring system were artifacts, produced by manipulation at the ECG electrodes. After disclosure and confrontation, a psychic misdevelopment in combination with an abuse of analgetics was found.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Kardiologie, Med. Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hartwig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wille
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mügge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lichtlen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D012803:Sick Role; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Vorgetäuschte Tachyarrhythmien. Ein Fallbericht.