Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to coronary allograft vasculopathy a unique presentation.

Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol

Department of Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA.

Published: October 2012

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT) is an uncommon type of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) with alternating polarity of the QRS complex most commonly described digitalis toxicity. Recent data has demonstrated the possible molecular basis of this electrocardiographic phenomenon. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of BVT in a patient with orthotopic cardiac transplantation and coronary allograft vasculopathy.

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