A Narrow QRS Complex Tachycardia Sensitive to Isoptin

Author(s) A.A.M. Wilde, R.H. Bakker
NHJ edition: 2006,08:268
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A 54-year-old man presented with palpitations. He had no other symptoms. Physical examination revealed, with the exception of a fast regular heart rhythm (200 beats/min), no abnormalities. His ECG is shown in figure 1. Intravenous verapamil terminated the tachycardia and a second ECG (figure 2) was taken.

Figure 1
Figure 2

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