Acknowledgments We thank Margot M. Bartelings for support and useful comments while preparing the anatomy and embryology part of the manuscript and for her help in making the morphologic photographs, and Ron Slagter for help in preparing the figures. The…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Clothing Shop Owner Frequent Idiopathic Premature Ventricular Contractions from the Posteromedial Papillary Muscle Aggravate Symptoms of Heart Failure and Prevent Resynchronization Therapy History In 2002 the patient was diagnosed with Global Initiative…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 42 Years Female Beautician Life-Threatening Electrical Storm from Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Requiring External Defibrillation History In September 2000 the patient was referred to a cardiologist because of premature ventricular contractions. The 12-lead surface electrocardiogram…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Ventricular arrhythmias originate in the ventricular myocardium or His-Purkinje system. These include premature ventricular complexes (PVCs), nonsustained and sustained ventricular tachycardias (VT), and ventricular fibrillation (VF). They can occur…