An unusual twist: Ventricular tachycardia induced by a loop in a right ventricular pacing wire [1]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-348

  Lindsay, Alistair C ^a   Wong, T ^a   Segal, O ^a   Peters, N S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646232981     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl043     Document Type: Letter

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