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Image Quiz: "Strange" Rhythm, (Physiologic) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
Cardiovasc. Med. 2005, 8(6), 249; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2005.01109
Submission received: 29 March 2005 / Revised: 29 April 2005 / Accepted: 29 May 2005 / Published: 29 June 2005

Image quiz

Figure 1. “Strange” rhythm, (physiologic) right ventricular hypertrophy.
Figure 1. “Strange” rhythm, (physiologic) right ventricular hypertrophy.
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Solution

One image, simultaneously obtained from two hearts. The ECG (94 beats per minute) belongs to the 17-year-old pregnant woman, the Mmode tracing of the right (RV) and left ventricle (LV) to the much faster beating heart (150 beats per minute) of the 31-week-old fetus. Because of the high vascular resistance present in the not yet functional lung and the similar loading conditions of the ventricles during fetal life, there is a physiologic RV hypertrophy.

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Seiler, C. Image Quiz: "Strange" Rhythm, (Physiologic) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. Cardiovasc. Med. 2005, 8, 249. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2005.01109

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Seiler C. Image Quiz: "Strange" Rhythm, (Physiologic) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2005; 8(6):249. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2005.01109

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Seiler, Christian. 2005. "Image Quiz: "Strange" Rhythm, (Physiologic) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy" Cardiovascular Medicine 8, no. 6: 249. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2005.01109

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Seiler, C. (2005). Image Quiz: "Strange" Rhythm, (Physiologic) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Medicine, 8(6), 249. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2005.01109

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