Ventricular preexcitation of every other beat or ventricular bigeminy or both?

Bigeminy is a cardiac arrhythmia in which there is a single ectopic beat, or irregular heartbeat, following each regular heartbeat. This case demonstrates the diagnostic challenges that can be encountered while interpreting ECGs of patients with “apparent ventricular bigeminy’.

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Published inJournal of electrocardiology Vol. 86; p. 153778
Main Authors Güven Çetin, Zehra, Özeke, Özcan, Çay, Serkan, Topaloğlu, Serkan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2024
Subjects
Diagnosis, Differential
Double transition
Electrocardiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pre-Excitation Syndromes - diagnosis
Pre-Excitation Syndromes - physiopathology
Precordial reverse pattern break
Supernormal conduction
Ventricular bigeminy
Ventricular preexcitation
Ventricular Premature Complexes - diagnosis
Ventricular Premature Complexes - physiopathology
Supernormal conduction
Precordial reverse pattern break
Ventricular preexcitation
Ventricular bigeminy
Double transition
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Summary:Bigeminy is a cardiac arrhythmia in which there is a single ectopic beat, or irregular heartbeat, following each regular heartbeat. This case demonstrates the diagnostic challenges that can be encountered while interpreting ECGs of patients with “apparent ventricular bigeminy’.
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ISSN:0022-0736
1532-8430
1532-8430
DOI:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2024.153778