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Diagnostic trilemma: Isorhythmic AV dissociation mimicking intermittent preexcitation and acute inferior myocardial infarction

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In this case report, we present a patient with intermittent isorhythmic atrioventricular dissociation mimicking two different electrocardiographic entities: ventricular preexcitation pattern and recurrent acute inferior myocardial infarction.

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  1. Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Division of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Istanbul University, Haseki-Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cengizhan Türkoğlu, Farid Aliyev, Cengiz Çeliker & Cüneyt Kocas

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Türkoğlu, C., Aliyev, F., Çeliker, C. et al. Diagnostic trilemma: Isorhythmic AV dissociation mimicking intermittent preexcitation and acute inferior myocardial infarction. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 22, 45–47 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-008-9246-x

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