Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angéiologie 2012-08-01

[Malignant fascicular ventricular tachycardia degenerating into ventricular fibrillation in a patient with early repolarization syndrome].

Ad Kane, P Defaye, P Jacon, A Mbaye, J Machecourt

Index: Ann. Cardiol. Angeiol. (Paris.) 61(4) , 292-5, (2012)

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Abstract

A 45-year-old man was hospitalized for syncope due to fascicular ventricular tachycardia degenerating into ventricular fibrillation (VF). The electrocardiogram showed an early repolarization syndrome. The arrhythmia was repetitive and disappeared after oral hydroquinidine. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was implanted; subsequently, the patient was arrhythmia free at 9 months follow-up.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.