RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An unusual case of misdiagnosed ventricular tachycardia
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 173
OP 174
DO 10.1136/emj.2007.050849
VO 25
IS 3
A1 C J Boos
A1 M Y Khan
A1 S Thorne
YR 2008
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/3/173.abstract
AB We present the case of a 71-year-old man, with known Parkinson’s disease and previous coronary artery bypass surgery, who presented with acute chest pain. His initial 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG) was unremarkable; however, a repeat 12 lead ECG during further chest pain suggested a ventricular tachycardia (VT) for which he was commenced on an intravenous amiodarone infusion. However, later analysis of his ECGs revealed that the apparent VT was, in fact, an artefact related to his parkinsonian tremor.