RBBB tachycardia with north-west axis. What is the mechanism?
Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair1, Narayanan Namboodiri1, Sreevilasam Pushpangadhan Abhilash1
1Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
RBBB tachycardia with NW axis is considered to be VT unless proved otherwise. However underlying conduction system disease can produce electrocardiographic patterns suggestive of bundle branch block with extreme left axis which can cause difficulty in differentiating VT from SVT as in this case.
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