Case 18: An 82-Year-Old Woman in the Cardiovascular ICU
History
Diagnosis
ECG 2
ECG 2 Diagnosis
History
An 82-year-old woman is in the cardiac ICU after replacement of her aortic valve due to severe aortic stenosis:
Diagnosis
- Sinus rhythm with complete heart block
- Escape rhythm has wide QRS with ventricular rate 66/min (likely junctional rhythm with non-specific intraventricular block)
ECG 2
An electronic ventricular pacemaker is implanted, and the following ECG is recorded four days later:
ECG 2 Diagnosis
- Sinus rhythm with second degree AV block and ventricular paced complexes (VVI pacing)
- Ventricular rate 69/min
- The A-V conducted QRS complexes have a left bundle branch block pattern
ECG ID: E724