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Kapil Rajendran1, Arun Jude Alphonse1, Vinayakumar Desabandhu2
1Department of Cardiology, Government TD Medical College Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
We report an elderly woman who presented with cardiac arrest due to complete heart block. She developed progressive T-wave inversions in leads V3-V6 due to pacinginduced cardiac memory, accompanied by marked QTc prolongation. These repolarization abnormalities occurred despite normal electrolytes and non-obstructive coronary angiography and culminated in polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. This case highlights cardiac memory as an underrecognized proarrhythmic substrate in bradyarrhythmia and the importance of serial ECG monitoring to detect evolving repolarization changes and mitigate arrhythmic risk.
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