Specialist in Cardiology and hemodynamics, National Heart Institute, Peru
Research
Fascicular Left Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Energy Drink Consumption
Author(s): Adolfo Boada, Stephanie Plaza*, Mario Cabrera and Christian Nolte
Idiopathic fascicular ventricular tachycardia (IFVT) of the left ventricle is an infrequent form of ventricular tachycardia (VT), usually occurring in patients without structural heart disease, sensitive to verapamil and whose mechanism is reentry using the specific conduction system of the left ventricle . The most frequents are VTs that compromise the posterior fascicle, constituting 90% of cases . Energy drinks have been associated with supraventricular and ventricular cardiac arrhythmias in young patients without known heart disease. We present the case of a 36-year-old male patient, with no known medical history, who after ingesting an energy drink (VOLT®) suddenly presented a non-radiated precordial pain and palpitations, was translated to emergency room, where an electrocardiogram (ECG) was performed showing a VT with wide QRS and right bundle branch block morphology, with .. View More»
DOI:
10.37532/JPSDD.22.4.1.1-3
