And what about the ECG
| Author(s) | A.A.M. Wilde, R.H.J. Peters | |
| NHJ edition: | 2006:09,315 | |
| 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. | ||
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A 63-year-old lady presented with episodic chest pain without specific triggers (in particular no relation with exercise). Physical examination revealed no abnormalities. The ECG is shown in figure 1. An echo was normal and so were the coronary arteries upon coronary angiography. Her family history revealed no coronary artery disease, sudden death, epilepsia or syncope. She herself had never had a syncopal episode either.
A causal reason for the chest pain could not be identified. Coronary artery disease seems unlikely. The abnormalities on the ECG persisted during the admission period which lasted a couple of days.
What to do?