Pseudoventricular fibrillation

Crit Care Med. 2001 Sep;29(9):1835-6. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200109000-00031.

Abstract

A case of atrial fibrillation with asystole was diagnosed as ventricular fibrillation because of the autogain feature of the electrocardiographic monitor. Direct current shock therapy was withheld only because the patient regained consciousness.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory*
  • Heart Arrest / complications*
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis*