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. 2009 Aug 31:3:105-9.
doi: 10.2174/1874192400903010105.

Idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm causing ventricular tachycardia with 1:1 ventriculoatrial conduction and intermittent wenckebach block

Stelios Paraskevaidis  1 , George Stavropoulos, Vassilios Vassilikos, Yiannis S Chatzizisis, Kostas Polymeropoulos, Anthony Ziakas, George Dakos, George E Parcharidis
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Idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm causing ventricular tachycardia with 1:1 ventriculoatrial conduction and intermittent wenckebach block

Stelios Paraskevaidis et al. Open Cardiovasc Med J. .
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Figures

Fig. (1A)
Fig. (1A)
ECG on admission showing the ventriculat tachycardia (VT) with RBBB morphology, (B). Restoration of VT to sinus rhythm with electrical cardioversion, (C). Induced VT with LBBB morphology during the electrophysiology study, (D). Electrogram during the electrophysiology study showing a 1:1 ventriculoatrial conduction with intermittent Wenckebach block.
Fig. (2A)
Fig. (2A)
Echocardiogram showing the left ventricular aneurysm (arrows), (B). Left ventriculography further depicting the lateral wall aneurysm (arrows), (C). Magnetic resonance imaging further confirmed the presence of an aneurysm with wall thinning (arrows).
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