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Weekly Workout · #398 · August 15, 2022

Wide Complex Tachycardias: what you gotta know about the two major types of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

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A 66-year-old female with a history of substance abuse on methadone is brought to the ED for syncope and altered mental status. She is altered and agitated on arrival and receives haloperidol and benzodiazepines to facilitate her workup. The following ECG is obtained before the patient briefly goes into polymorphic ventricular tachycardia:

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