Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium.JACC Case Rep 2026 Jun 12; :108755. [Online ahead of print]JC
Abstract
CASE SUMMARY
A 69-year-old gentleman, a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy with a single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, presented with palpitations. Electrocardiogram revealed a wide QRS, irregularly irregular rhythm (>50 ms variability), mimicking atrial fibrillation but favoring ventricular tachycardia (VT) via the Basel algorithm, superior axis, morphology criteria, and evidence of atrioventricular dissociation. Electrophysiology study confirmed inducible irregular VTs; successful substrate-based catheter ablation was performed.
Pub Type(s)
Journal Article
Language
eng
PubMed ID
42334396
Citation
Lakhani, Gaurav, et al. "Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium." JACC. Case Reports, 2026, p. 108755.
Lakhani G, Saggu DK, Subramanian M, et al. Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium. JACC Case Rep. 2026.
Lakhani, G., Saggu, D. K., Subramanian, M., Yalagudri, S., & Narasimhan, C. (2026). Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium. JACC. Case Reports, 108755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.108755
Lakhani G, et al. Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium. JACC Case Rep. 2026 Jun 12;108755. PubMed PMID: 42334396.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Irregularly Irregular Wide Complex Tachycardia: Look Beyond the Atrium.
AU - Lakhani,Gaurav,
AU - Saggu,Daljeet Kaur,
AU - Subramanian,Muthiah,
AU - Yalagudri,Sachin,
AU - Narasimhan,Calambur,
Y1 - 2026/06/12/
PY - 2026/01/29/received
PY - 2026/03/26/revised
PY - 2026/04/27/accepted
PY - 2026/6/23/medline
PY - 2026/6/23/pubmed
PY - 2026/6/23/entrez
KW - atrial fibrillation
KW - electrocardiogram
KW - electrophysiology
KW - ventricular tachycardia
SP - 108755
EP - 108755
JF - JACC. Case reports
JO - JACC Case Rep
N2 - CASE SUMMARY: A 69-year-old gentleman, a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy with a single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, presented with palpitations. Electrocardiogram revealed a wide QRS, irregularly irregular rhythm (>50 ms variability), mimicking atrial fibrillation but favoring ventricular tachycardia (VT) via the Basel algorithm, superior axis, morphology criteria, and evidence of atrioventricular dissociation. Electrophysiology study confirmed inducible irregular VTs; successful substrate-based catheter ablation was performed. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: Irregularly irregular wide complex tachycardia in structural heart disease warrants consideration of VT despite irregularity, using integrated algorithms like the Basel algorithm and morphology criteria. In patients with documented irregularly irregular VT, it is prudent to disable the stability criterion and rely on onset and morphology criteria for supraventricular tachycardia discrimination in a single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
SN - 2666-0849
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/prime/citation/42334396/Irregularly_Irregular_Wide_Complex_Tachycardia:_Look_Beyond_the_Atrium.
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
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