An Abnormal ECG?
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| Author(s) | A.A.M. Wilde | |
| NHJ edition: | 2007:12,426 | |
| 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 | ||
A 47-year-old lady presents with an ‘abnormal ECG’. In her family three daughters suffer from a long-QT syndrome type 2 and the responsible mutation has been identified in her husband and his family. An ECG was taken as part of a routine checkup (figure 1).
Is it abnormal and if so, what would your diagnosis be?