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The electrocardiographic criteria were suggestive of a supraventricular origin of the WCT. Given the importance of reaching the correct diagnosis when dealing with a WCT, we tried to further define the pattern of ventricular activation using vectorcardiography (VCG). We analyzed the QRS loops during WCT in comparison to a sinus beat, a narrow complex tachycardia beat, and a premature ventricular contraction. The fast initial activation seen in the efferent limb of the QRS loop during the WCT was thought to be reflective of the fast initial activation via the conduction system seen in SVT with aberrancy, which was our final diagnosis for the WCT episode. 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