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What is the mechanism of tachycardia?
  1. Peter Kabunga1,
  2. Emily Hodkinson1,
  3. Raymond W Sy1,2
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Raymond W Sy, Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia; raymond.sy01{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306328

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    CLINICAL INTRODUCTION

    A 56-year-old man was referred for an electrophysiology opinion following an unexplained episode of syncope leading to a motor vehicle accident. Routine baseline investigations including an echocardiogram were normal. Following admission, the telemetry strip below was recorded (Figure 1). What is the mechanism of tachycardia?

    Figure 1

    Telemetry strip.

    Question

    What is the mechanism of the tachycardia? (Figure 1)

    1. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with aberrancy

    2. Pacing

    3. Antidromic AV re-entry tachycardia

    4. Supraventricular tachycardia with a bystander accessory pathway (AP)

    5. Ventricular tachycardia

    For the answer see page 1986

    From the question on page 1932

    Answer: D

    The …

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    • Contributors Only those who have made an important contribution to the study and are thoroughly familiar with the primary data are included as authors. All authors are responsible for the contents and have read and approved the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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