romano-ward syndrome associated with tu electrical alternans
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a case o f the electrical alternans of t he tu wave and peri odic nega t ive u wave associated with c l ini cal symptoms , e lectrocardi ographic a nd postmortem findi ng s o f romano- ward syndrome has been pres ented. no e lec ~ r o l y te d ist urbance was found t o be r esponsible for t his exceptional l y rare situation . changes i n a-v conduct i on and left bu n• d ie branch block could be a t tributed to the d i f f use c or onary s clero sis and s ubs equent i schemia in the myocardial c onduction t.issues . the e lectrical alternans of t he u wave or tu complex of the e lectrocardiogram i s an exceeding ly r are s i t uation without any clearly known mechanism for i ts appea rance . a case of thi s phenome no~ i n as soc iation with romanoward syndrome has been presented whe rein an abnorma l ity i n a-v conduction and left bund le branch block cou ld be encountered .
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acta medica iranicaجلد ۲۳، شماره ۱-۲، صفحات ۷۱-۷۷
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