Clinical Consequences of Electrocardiographic Artifact Mimicking Ventricular Tachycardia
- 21 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (17) , 1270-1274
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910213411704
Abstract
Electrocardiographic artifact can simulate ventricular tachycardia. The literature regarding electrocardiographic artifact is limited to case reports,1-7 proposed classifications,8,9 and diagnostic criteria.10 There is little information regarding the clinical implications of the misdiagnosis of artifact as ventricular tachycardia. We describe 12 patients who underwent unnecessary diagnostic or therapeutic interventions as a result of such a misdiagnosis.Keywords
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