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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mugilan Poongkunran M.B.B.S [2] Homa Najafi, M.D.[3]
Overview
A premature ventricular contraction originates in the ventricle, and this must be differentiated from an impulse that originates above the ventricle (i.e. it is supraventricular in origin) and conducts with a delay (i.e. a wide complex, it is aberrantly conducted).
Differentiating Premature Ventricular Contraction from other Diseases
Supraventricular Origin of an Impulse with Aberrant Conduction
Aberrant ventricular conduction is:
- A transient form of abnormal intraventricular conduction delay (#IVCD) and occurs when there is unequal refractoriness of the two bundles.
- The right bundle has a longer action potential duration, and is more vulnerable to conduction delay or failure.
- The refractory period is affected by the preceding cycle length.
- The refractory period is longer when there is a long preceding RR interval.
- Aberrant ventricular conduction is favored when a premature supraventricular impulse comes after a long preceding RR interval (Ashman phenomenon).
- If the underlying rhythm is sinus in origin, and if the abnormal QRS is preceded by a premature P wave, then the ectopic beat is likely to be supraventricular in origin.
- The absence of a fully compensatory pause further supports this diagnosis.
- If a retrograde P wave is identifiable after the QRS complex and the RP interval is less than 0.11 second, the premature beat is likely to have originated from the AV junction, since the RP interval is too short for VA conduction (unless an accessory pathway is present).
- A long RP interval of 0.20 seconds or longer is suggestive but not diagnostic of a PVC, since the retrograde conduction time of a junctional beat is less likely to exceed this duration.
- The beat is more likely to be due to aberrancy if the initial forces are similar to those of the sinus beat and if it has an RSR' configuration in lead V1.
- If the QRS complexes in all the precordial leads are positive or all negative, then a PVC is more likely.
- Diagnosis of PVCs in the presence of atrial fibrillation:
- Absence of P waves and the irregularity of the rhythm are the handicaps
- A constant coupling time is suggestive of PVCs
- Ashman phenomenon. Keep in mind that a long cycle length also favors the precipitation of a PVC, therefore this sign is helpful but not diagnostic of aberrancy.
- PVC is favored if the abnormal complex terminates a short-long cycle.
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