Bidirectional tachycardia in a patient with pulmonary embolism

Cardiol J. 2010;17(2):194-5.

Abstract

We report a 55 year-old man with sudden cardiac arrest. Electrocardiography revealed runs of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia, and transthoracic echocardiography showed indirect findings of pulmonary embolism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Treatment Failure
  • Ultrasonography