Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia of unusual etiology

Praloy Chakraborty; Bhavna Kaul; Kausik Mandal; H.S. Isser; Sandeep Bansal; Anandaraja Subramanian

doi:10.1016/j.ipej.2016.02.007

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal (Nov 2015)

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia of unusual etiology

Praloy Chakraborty,
Bhavna Kaul,
Kausik Mandal,
H.S. Isser,
Sandeep Bansal,
Anandaraja Subramanian

Affiliations

Praloy Chakraborty: Department of Cardiology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi, India
Bhavna Kaul: Department of Neurology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi, India
Kausik Mandal: Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
H.S. Isser: Department of Cardiology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi, India
Sandeep Bansal: Department of Cardiology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi, India
Anandaraja Subramanian: Department of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Pondicherry, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2016.02.007
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 6
pp. 296 – 299

Abstract

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Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BDVT) is a rare form of ventricular arrhythmia, characterized by changing QRS axis of 180 degrees. Digitalis toxicity is considered as commonest cause of BDVT; other causes include aconite toxicity, myocarditis, myocardial infarction, metastatic cardiac tumour and cardiac channelopathies. We describe a case of BDVT in a patient with Anderson-Tawil syndrome.

Published in Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

ISSN: 0972-6292 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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