Wide Complex Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest During Endoscopy

Elizabeth M Balough; Timothy R Maher; Jonathan W Waks; Andre D'Avila; Inbar Raber

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.01.001

Wide Complex Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest During Endoscopy

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Feb 16;4(4):211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.01.001.

Authors

Elizabeth M Balough¹, Timothy R Maher², Jonathan W Waks², Andre D'Avila², Inbar Raber²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

A 59-year-old man presented for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement after a wide QRS complex tachycardia cardiac arrest at an outside hospital. In this case report, we discuss the differential diagnosis of this patient's tachyarrhythmia and the electrophysiological studies that established the diagnosis and guided management. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: ablation; supraventricular tachycardia; ventricular tachycardia.