An electrocardiographic masquerade.
A 60-year-old woman underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy for a massive pulmonary embolism. On postoperative day 2, while receiving intravenous dopamine for hypotension, she developed the tachycardia, and a 12-lead ECG was obtained (Fig. 1). Figure 2 shows the 12-lead ECG obtained on the previous day, when she was in sinus rhythm with frequent premature
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D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017128:Embolectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology