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{{Ventricular tachycardia}}
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  Caption        = Lead II: rhythm, ventricular tachycardia |
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  ICD9           = {{ICD9|427.1}} |
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==Overview==
'''Ventricular tachycardia''' ('''V-tach''' or '''VT''') is a [[tachycardia]], or fast heart rhythm that originates in one of the [[left ventricle|ventricles]] of the [[heart]]. This is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia because it may lead to [[ventricular fibrillation]] and [[sudden cardiac death|sudden death]].

==Classification==
[[Ventricular tachycardia classification#1. Classification Based Upon Morphology of Complexes|Based on Morphology of Complexes]] | [[Ventricular tachycardia classification#2. Classification Based Upon Duration of Episode|Based on Duration of Episode]] | [[Ventricular tachycardia classification#3. Classification Based Upon Symptoms|Based on Symptoms]]

==[[Ventricular tachycardia pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==

==[[Ventricular tachycardia diagnosis|Diagnosis]]==
===[[Ventricular tachycardia diagnosis#EKG Findings|Electrocardiogram findings]]===
===[[Ventricular tachycardia diagnosis#Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes of Ventricular Tachycardia|Differential diagnosis]]===

==[[Ventricular tachycardia treatment|Treatment]]==

==[[Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia]]==

==External Links==
* [http://en.ecgpedia.org ECGpedia: Course for interpretation of ECG]
* [http://www.anaesthetist.com/icu/organs/heart/ecg/ The whole ECG - A basic ECG primer]
* [http://www.ecglibrary.com 12-lead ECG library]
* [http://www.ecgsim.org Simulation tool to demonstrate and study the relation between the electric activity of the heart and the ECG]
* [http://heartcenter.seattlechildrens.org/what_to_expect/electrocardiogram.asp ECG information from Children's Hospital Heart Center, Seattle]
* [http://0-www.nhlbi.nih.gov.innopac.up.ac.za:80/health/dci/Diseases/ekg/ekg_what.html National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diseases and Conditions Index]
* [http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html A history of electrocardiography]
* [http://www.health.gov.mt/impaedcard/issue/issue1/ipc00103.htm EKG Interpretations in infants and children]

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[[Category:Electrophysiology]]
[[Category:Cardiology]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]

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