Atypical presentation of ventricular tachycardia

Cardiac syncope and epileptic seizure are two very similar presentations and difficult to differentiate without a proper history, physical examination and investigations. In a former study, 10 out of 22 episodes of induced ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation can result in stereotypical tonic-clo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2020-05, Vol.20 (3), p.e15-e17
Hauptverfasser: Malik, Farhan, Khaing, ThinThin, Adlakha, Sanjay, Aye, Thandar
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac syncope and epileptic seizure are two very similar presentations and difficult to differentiate without a proper history, physical examination and investigations. In a former study, 10 out of 22 episodes of induced ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation can result in stereotypical tonic-clonic movement with varied electroencephalography changes. We present a case which was diagnosed as ventricular tachycardia from seizure-like attack. It is to emphasise the importance of including ventricular tachycardia among other differential diagnoses of seizure-like activity in a patient with cardiovascular risks.
ISSN:1470-2118
1473-4893
DOI:10.7861/clinmed.2020-0046