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Highlights a rare case of accessory pathway-mediated cardiomyopathy mimicking LBBB and leading to inappropriate BiV ICD therapies.
In patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, presence of an accessory pathway (AP) results in a short PR interval, a wide QRS from ventricular preexcitation, and symptoms most commonly due to atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT). We describe an unusual case of WPW syndrome in a patient with inappropriate therapies from his biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (BiV ICD) implanted for primary prevention in the setting of severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) and “left bundle branch block” (LBBB).
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