Atrial escape-capture bigeminy in dominant atrial rhythm with 2:1 exit block

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with atrial bigeminy is reported in whom long PP intervals alternate with short PP intervals. All P waves are negative in lead II and all PR intervals measure 0.12 s. In the 12-lead electrocardiogram, however, these P waves were definitely different in configuration from each other, and were divided into two groups. Namely, these negative P waves are divided into those of dominant atrial rhythm J1 with 2:1 exit block, and those of atrial escape J2. Long J1–J2 intervals alternate with short J2-J1 intervals. These electrocardiographic findings show the presence of atrial escape-capture bigeminy. Such atrial escape-capture bigeminy in dominant atrial rhythm with 2:1 exit block has never been reported before.