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Case Reports
. 2010 May 17:4:39-44.
doi: 10.4137/cmc.s4755.

Ventricular tachycardia in pregnant patients

Rouslan Kotchetkov  1 , Ameen Patel, Omid Salehian
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Case Reports

Ventricular tachycardia in pregnant patients

Rouslan Kotchetkov et al. Clin Med Insights Cardiol. .

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia although not common, can occasionally complicate pregnancy. Its presence may indicate an underlying cardiac structural abnormality, or undiagnosed congenital arrhythmic disease. However, some pregnant patients with ventricular tachycardia have structurally normal hearts. Two cases of ventricular tachycardia in pregnant patients with structurally normal hearts are presented and an approach to diagnosis and management of such patients are discussed.

Keywords: VT; pregnancy; ventricular tachycardia.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Telemetry cardiac rhythm recording of Patient 1 (lead I), showing wide complex tachycardia at a rate of 160 bpm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Telemetry cardiac rhythm recording of Patient 2 (lead II), showing wide complex tachycardia at a rate of 150 bpm.
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