An 87-year-old with dyspnea and intermittent WCT
Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today’s case is an 87 year old female with a history of dual chamber pacemaker and Afib. She…
Chest pain and rapid pacing followed by an unexplained wide complex tachycardia. Time for cardioversion?
Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer An older man with a history of non-ischemic HFrEF s/p CRT and mild coronary artery disease…
Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia. What to do?
A patient in the ICU with significant underlying cardiac disease [HFrEF 30%, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, LBBB s/p CRT-D (biventricular…
Ventricular Fibrillation, ICD, LBBB, QRS of 210 ms, Positive Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, and Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia
An elderly man collapsed. There was no bystander CPR. Medics found him in ventricular fibrillation. He was defibrillated, but they…