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Tachycardia induced tachycardia, or so called double tachycardia, is rare. A 34 year old woman is described who had a history of syncope, frequent extrasystoles, and episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, perceived as palpitation, without syncope. At electrophysiological study, during infusion of isoprenaline, an episode of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia arising from the right ventricular outflow tract initiated sustained atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, thought to be the cause of the patient's syncope. Ablation of the right ventricular outflow tract focus abolished the ventricular ectopy; the slow AV nodal pathway was also ablated. The patient no longer has either syncope or palpitation.
Author(s): Cooklin M, McComb JM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Heart
Year: 1999
Volume: 81
Issue: 3
Pages: 321-322
Print publication date: 01/03/1999
ISSN (print): 1355-6037
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Publisher: BMJ Group
