Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2928598 | Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report telemetry recording of an extreme non-fatal tachyarrhythmia noted in a hospitalized quadriplegic male with history of atrial fibrillation where the average ventricular conduction rate was found to be about 600 beats per minute and was associated with transient syncope. A medical literature review suggests that the fastest human ventricular conduction rate reported to date in a tachyarrhythmia is 480 beats per minute. We therefore report the fastest human heart rate noted in a tachyarrhythmia and the most probable mechanism of this arrhythmia being a rapid atrial fibrillation with 1:1 conduction in the setting of probable co-existing multiple bypass tracts.
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Authors
Lovely Chhabra, Narender Goel, Laxman Prajapat, David H. Spodick, Sanjeev Goyal,