Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia of unusual etiology
Praloy Chakraborty1, Bhavna Kaul2, Kausik Mandal3
1Department of Cardiology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BDVT) is a rare form of ventricular arrhythmia, characterized by changing QRS axis of 180 degrees. Digitalis toxicity is considered as commonest cause of BDVT; other causes include aconite toxicity, myocarditis, myocardial infarction, metastatic cardiac tumour and cardiac channelopathies. We describe a case of BDVT in a patient with Anderson-Tawil syndrome.
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