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Year : 2020 | Volume
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Recurrent palpitation and supraventricular tachycardia in a patient with a restrictive ventricular septal defect
Abubakar Yerima1, Bello Abdullahi Ibrahim2, Faruk Buba1, Mohammed Abdullahi Talle1
1 Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria 2 Department of Paediatrics, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abubakar Yerima Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/njc.njc_15_20
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Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most commonly recognized congenital heart disease. The presentation in patients with VSD is variable depending on the size, location, hemodynamic consequences, and complications including bacterial endocarditis, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac arrhythmias. The most common cardiac arrhythmias in unoperated VSD are premature ventricular contractions (isolated, couplets, and multiform). We present a case of supraventricular tachycardia, an uncommon occurrence, presenting with recurrent syncope in a 42-year-old female with restrictive VSD.
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