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[[Image:Puzzle_2006_11_393_fig1.jpg|Figure 1|thumb]] | [[Image:Puzzle_2006_11_393_fig1.jpg|Figure 1. The ECG on admission|thumb]] | ||
[[Image:Puzzle_2006_11_393_fig2.jpg|Figure 2. The ECG shortly thereafter|thumb]] | |||
An otherwise healthy 57-year-old lady presented | An otherwise healthy 57-year-old lady presented | ||
with palpitations without dizziness. The symptoms | with palpitations without dizziness. The symptoms | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 8 October 2007
| Author(s) | A.A.M. Wilde, L.R.C. Dekker | |
| NHJ edition: | 2006:11,393 | |
| These Rhythm Puzzles have been published in the Netherlands Heart Journal and are reproduced here under the prevailing creative commons license with permission from the publisher, Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum. | ||
| The ECG can be enlarged twice by clicking on the image and it's first enlargement | ||
An otherwise healthy 57-year-old lady presented with palpitations without dizziness. The symptoms had been present for a couple of years but the number of episodes had increased recently. Onset and termination were always sudden without specific triggers. Physical examination on admission revealed no specific abnormalities except for a rapid pulse (150 beats/min). Blood pressure was normal. The ECG is shown in figure 1 and a few minutes later figure 2 was recorded without any specific intervention.
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