Atypical termination of simultaneous sino-atrial and atrio-ventricular Wenckebach type conduction caused by atrial premature beats.
This is a case report of a patient with group beating characterized by progressively shortening P-P intervals and at the same time gradually increasing P-R intervals showing R-P/P-R interval reciprocity due to the simultaneous occurrence of sino-atrial (S-A) Wenckebach and atrio-ventricular (A-V) Wenckebach-like periodicities. All group beatings are terminated by atrial premature beats elicited by a critical P-P interval shortening during S-A Wenckebach type conduction preventing the typical termination of Wenckebach periods.
Vereckei
Andrais
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3rd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. vereckei@kut.sote.hu
D000368:Aged; D018880:Atrial Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans