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Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy As a Chronic Heart Failure Model in Swine
Published on: February 17, 2018
Wide complex tachycardia in a healthy young man
Isabelle Nault1, Frederic Sacher, Sebastien Knecht
1Service de Rythmologie, Hôpital Cardiologique Haut Lévêque, Pessac, France. isabellenautl@gmail.com
Abstract:
We describe a case of a young man referred with a broad complex tachycardia for evaluation and ablation. Electrophysiological study was performed and revealed a left lateral accessory pathway with antegrade decremental conduction causing antidromic reciprocating re-entrant tachycardia. Ablation was successfully performed. Left lateral accessory pathways with decremental conduction are rarely encountered.
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