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. 1990 Mar;63(3):169–174. doi: 10.1136/hrt.63.3.169

Familial ventricular tachycardia: a report of four families.

C Wren 1, E Rowland 1, J Burn 1, R W Campbell 1
PMCID: PMC1024397  PMID: 2328167

Abstract

Four cases of familial ventricular tachycardia are presented. In each family the proband was an adolescent girl. Twelve members in the four families were affected and all were female. The clinical and electrocardiographic features were relatively constant within each family but there were striking differences between families. These differences argue against a common electrophysiological or pathophysiological basis for the ventricular tachycardia.

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