Ventricular tachycardia with narrow QRS duration, a right bundle branch block pattern, and right axis deviation abolished by catheter manipulation.
A 25-year-old women underwent electrophysiologic evaluation for sustained normal QRS complex tachycardia with a pattern of right bundle branch block and right axis deviation. Ventricular tachycardia was diagnosed by demonstrating fusion beats, atrioventricular dissociation, and bundle of His potential activation, which began before the onset of each QRS complex. A single ventricular extrastimulus was capable of easily provoking the tachycardia. There was an inverse relationship between the coupling interval of the first extrastimulus and the interval of the first tachycardia beat, suggesting reentry as the mechanism. The tachycardia was unexpectedly abolished during catheter manipulation in the left ventricle and has never recurred during 1 year of follow-up evaluation. The tachycardia was thought to be an unusual form of interfascicular tachycardia or microreentrant fascicular tachycardia.
Okishige
K
K
Cardiovascular Department, Yokohama Red Cross General Hospital, Japan.
Mogi
J
J
Goseki
Y
Y
Azegami
K
K
Satoh
T
T
Ohira
H
H
Yamashita
K
K
Satake
S
S
D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control