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Adenosine for Unmasking Latent Pre-Excitation: an Unpleasant Surprise

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: A 33-year-old kickboxing athlete presented to the emergency room (ER) with an intermittent chest pain, which had started an hour earlier. ECG on arrival revealed q wave in the inferior leads, minimal ST elevation in the same leads, without depolarization abnormalities. The patient was able to recall having been kicked in the chest a few months back during training. While being in the ER the pain recurred. The second ECG had no repolarization changes, but revealed a positive QRS (R>S) in lead V1... (excerpt)

Source: Hospital chronicles/Hospital Chronicles

Authors: Servos Georgios, Georgios Almpanis, Pantelis Papathanassiou, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Maria Militsopoulou, Persefoni Koutsogiannou, Andreas Mazarakis

Institution: Agios Andreas Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1916525957

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