Case report: is this SVT or VT? An exception to the rule.
This case illustrates the difficulties sometimes encountered by clinicians when using algorithms in diagnosing a wide-complex tachycardia based on a 12-lead EKG.
Arrhythmia Service of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, USA. eupalma@montefiore.org
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Palma
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Vijayaraman
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Ferrick
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D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000175:diagnosis; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*