A 24-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of recurrent episodes of sudden-onset palpitations that stop abruptly after she bears down or splashes cold water on her face. She is otherwise healthy. During an episode, ECG shows a regular narrow-complex tachycardia at 190 per minute without clearly visible P waves. Which of the following is the most likely mechanism of this arrhythmia?

  1. A)Reentry within dual AV nodal pathwaysGABARITO
  2. B)Accessory pathway from atrium to ventricle
  3. C)Enhanced sinus node discharge
  4. D)Triggered activity due to prolonged QT interval
  5. E)Automaticity from multiple atrial foci

Explicação

This presentation is classic for AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. A reentry circuit forms within fast and slow AV nodal pathways, producing sudden paroxysms of regular narrow-complex tachycardia that often terminate with vagal maneuvers or adenosine. Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →

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