An Electrocardiographic Masquerade

A 60-year-old woman underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy for a massive pulmonary embolism. On postoperative day 2, while receiving intravenous dopamine for hypotension, she developed the tachycardia, and a 12-lead ECG was obtained (Fig. 1). Figure 2 shows the 12-lead ECG obtained on the previo...

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Published inJournal of cardiovascular electrophysiology Vol. 11; no. 12; pp. 1419 - 1421
Main Authors PAVRI, BEHZAD B., REICHER, BARRY, KOCOVIC, DUSAN Z.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2000
Subjects
Bundle-Branch Block - complications
Bundle-Branch Block - diagnosis
Electrocardiography
Embolectomy
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications - classification
Postoperative Complications - diagnosis
Postoperative Complications - physiopathology
Pulmonary Embolism - surgery
Tachycardia - classification
Tachycardia - complications
Tachycardia - diagnosis
Tachycardia - physiopathology
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Summary:A 60-year-old woman underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy for a massive pulmonary embolism. On postoperative day 2, while receiving intravenous dopamine for hypotension, she developed the tachycardia, and a 12-lead ECG was obtained (Fig. 1). Figure 2 shows the 12-lead ECG obtained on the previous day, when she was in sinus rhythm with frequent premature
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ISSN:1045-3873
1540-8167
DOI:10.1046/j.1540-8167.2000.01419.x