Address for Correspondence: Sok-Sithikun Bun, Pasteur University Hospital, Nice, France
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ECG Quiz
We report the case of a 82 year-old female patient, admitted for several episodes of dizziness. The patient is treated for mild hypertension, without any bradycardic medication.
Two electrocardiogram (ECG) strips are shown below:
ECG strip number 1:
ECG strip number 2:
These tracings show (select correct answer(s)):
A. Isorhythmic dissociation
B.Complete atrioventricular block with Hissian extrasystoles
C. Sinus bradycardia with atrial bigeminy
D. Junctional escape-capture bigeminy
E. Escape-echo bigeminy
Sok-Sithikun Bun, Didier Scarlatti, Fabien Squara
Pasteur University Hospital, Cardiology Department, Nice, France
Ethics: Informed consent was obtained from patient before all procedures
Peer-review: Internal
Conflict of interest: None to declare
Authorship: S.S.B., D.S., and F.S. equally contributed to preparation of quiz
Acknowledgment and funding: None to declare