Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Type ‘A’ Diagnosed as VT
Report:
Atrial fibrillation with rapid response 177/min
Anomalous conduction except for last three beats
WPW syndrome
Comment:
This is a fairly typical example, showing either completely anomalous or completely normal complexes. The Cardiology Registrar and Casualty staff noted the presence of atrial fibrillation (“monomorphic VT – in and out of AF”) but did not connect the two. Although monomorphic VT can be quite irregular, it cannot be so to this extent.
The ventricular rate is not very fast and in fact slowed down well with amiodarone (Fig 90a). It was still deemed unacceptable and he was cardioverted electrically to sinus rhythm with typical delta waves (Fig 90b), when the diagnosis became obvious – even to the aforesaid Casualty staff. He was discharged home from CCU on sotalol and referred for EPS and ablation because of his young age and the appearance of atrial fibrillation.
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