ECG Pearls


Ventricular tachycardia or artifact?

Damián Longo, Carlos López, Javier García-Niebla

Abstract

Electrocardiographic artifacts are extracardiac signals that may alter the electrocardiogram (ECG) generating false diagnoses. These artifacts may simulate pathologies on ECG’s in healthy patients and result in long-term unnecessary or even deleterious treatments. On the other hand, to consider an arrhythmia as an artifact, may carry even worse consequences.

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