McGill Case 171

This case report is kindly provided by Michael Rosengarten from McGill and is part of the McGill Cases. These cases come from the McGill EKG World Encyclopedia. Previous Case: McGill Case 170 | Next Case: McGill Case 172

This is the EKG from a 66 year old man who had a coronary bypass in India in 1995. The patent had had three myocardial infarctions. His EKG was recorded after a syncopal episode and his arrival in the emergency room showed ventricular tachycardia. He was implanted with a Medtronic 7220 defibrillator and 10 Oct 97. The strips below are from 24 July 98 and where during an episode of dizziness. The first figure is a trend of RR intervals, the second is an intracardiac recording and a marker channel.