Complex arrhythmias in a patient with predominantly right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
A 23-year-old man presented with ventricular tachycardia. The electrocardiogram revealed right bundle branch block plus right axis deviation. It also showed frequent episodes of asystole, 2: 1 sinuatrial block and couplets of left bundle branch block morphology. Electrophysiologic study demonstrated sinuatrial entrance block, with an HV interval of 65 msec. It was also possible to induce sustained ventricular tachycardia of left bundle branch block pattern with normal QRS axis. Subsequent investigations were consistent with the diagnosis of right ventricular cardiomyopathy with mild left ventricular involvement.
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Department of Cardiology, Padua Medical School, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography