Ventricular tachycardia

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Ventricular tachycardia
Lead II: rhythm, ventricular tachycardia
ICD-10 I47.2
ICD-9 427.1
DiseasesDB 13819
MeSH D017180

Template:Ventricular Tachycardia Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Avirup Guha, M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview

Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a tachycardia, or fast heart rhythm that originates in one of the ventricles of the heart. This is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia because it may lead to ventricular fibrillation and sudden death.

Classification

Based on Morphology of Complexes | Based on Duration of Episode | Based on Symptoms | Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia

Pathophysiology

Diagnosis

Electrocardiogram findings

Differential diagnosis

Treatment

External Links

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