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Unmasking the uncommon: bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in two rare paediatric cardiomyopathies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2023

Fatma Sevinc Sengul Open the ORCID record for Fatma Sevinc Sengul [Opens in a new window] ,
Hasan Candas Kafali Open the ORCID record for Hasan Candas Kafali [Opens in a new window]  and
Yakup Ergul Open the ORCID record for Yakup Ergul [Opens in a new window]
Fatma Sevinc Sengul*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Hasan Candas Kafali
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Yakup Ergul
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: F. Sevinc Sengul; Email: doganfatmasevinc@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present two exceptional cases of 14-year-old girls diagnosed with rare cardiomyopathies (left ventricular non-compaction, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy), both presenting with the unusual finding of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia.

Keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathybidirectional ventricular tachycardialeft ventricular noncompaction
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2023 , pp. 2101 - 2103
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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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