Pérez ZMU, Aguilar DCG, López ZI, Lizardi CJ

Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 126-127
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ABSTRACT

We present the case of a patient, whose diagnosis in the emergency room was syncope. The EKG showed a multifocal atrial tachycardia. The morphology of the EKG is very characteristic, although it is not a common arrhythmia

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