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ArticleJACC. Case reports2026

Atrial Tachycardia and Bundle Branch Re-Entry Ventricular Tachycardia With Similar QRS Complex Morphology.

Gi-Byoung Nam

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Gi-Byoung NamDivision of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: gbnam@amc.seoul.kr.

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backgroundWide-QRS-complex tachycardia with QRS complex morphology identical to sinus rhythm has been described in bundle branch re-entry ventricular tachycardia (BBR-VT). However, the coexistence of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias with identical electrocardiographic (ECG) morphology has not been well described. CASE SUMMARY: A 56-year-old woman exhibited 2 sustained tachycardias with nearly identical right bundle branch block-type QRS complex morphology. One was atrial tachycardia (AT), and the other was malignant reverse-type BBR-VT, confirmed by invasive electrophysiology. Radiofrequency catheter ablation targeting the crista terminalis and coronary sinus eliminated AT, and radiofrequency ablation at the right bundle branch rendered BBR-VT noninducible. Despite similar ECG appearance, mechanisms, prognosis, and management differed significantly. DISCUSSION: AT and BBR-VT may share common features in ECG QRS complex indistinguishable from sinus rhythm in patients with advanced His-Purkinje conduction disease. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: AT and malignant BBR-VT may coexist and produce nearly identical surface ECGs. Surface ECG QRS complex morphology alone may be misleading, and electrophysiologic evaluation is mandatory when wide-QRS-complex tachycardia occurs in patients with septal conduction disease.

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atrial tachycardiabundle branch re-entryHis-Purkinje systemwide QRS complex tachycardia

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PMCPMC13420552

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