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A 58-year-old man presented to his health center with palpitations and dyspnea. He had a history of an old inferior myocardial infarction and 8 months earlier he had had an anterior infarction. An ECG was performed (Figure 1) and, according to the notes, 300 mg amiodarone was given intravenously. The tachycardia persisted and the patient became hemodynamically unstable. Electric cardioversion was then performed with 100-J discharges. Figure 2 shows the rhythm strip obtained with the defibrillator paddles.
In your opinion, which is the correct answer regarding these traces?
- 1.
There is an initial R wave in aVR; it is supraventricular tachycardia.
- 2.
There is a 1:1 atrial-ventricular rate; this confirms a diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia.
- 3.
The rhythm strip (post-intravenous amiodarone) supports a diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia.
- 4.
The electrical cardioversion was effective.
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