Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to hypokalaemia

[Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis poisoning].

Digitalis intoxication is a frequent outcome of chronic treatment with digitalis glycosides but uncommon following accidental intake or self-poisoning.1 Ventricular arrhythmias are an expression of this complication and can usually be controlled thru conventional means including suspension of the drug. However, in the presence of potentially lethal arrhythmias and kidney failure difficult decis...

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia.

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia?

A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a syncopal episode with documented transient complete atrioventricular block. A DDD pacemaker was implanted. Post implantation, the patient was diagnosed with bidirectional ventricular tachycardia. Analysis of the arrhythmia and differential diagnosis is performed.

Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia: A Hallmark of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is a familial cardiac arrhythmia that is related to RYR2 or CASQ2 gene mutation. It occurs in patients with structurally normal heart and causes exercise-emotion triggered syncope and sudden cardiac death. We present a 13 year-old girl with recurrent episodes of exercise-related syncope and prior history of sudden death in a first degree rel...

Papillary Muscle Ventricular Tachycardia Masquerading as Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia

Introduction: Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a rare type of VT that appears in digoxin toxicity and young patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic VT (CPVT). The occurrence of bidirectional VT originating from the papillary muscle has not been reported in the literature. Case Presentation: A 38-year-old female presented with long standing palpitation lasting several months. Pa...