Ventricular tachycardia

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

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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

External Links

• ECGpedia: Course for interpretation of ECG
• The whole ECG - A basic ECG primer
• 12-lead ECG library
• Simulation tool to demonstrate and study the relation between the electric activity of the heart and the ECG
• ECG information from Children's Hospital Heart Center, Seattle
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diseases and Conditions Index
• A history of electrocardiography
• EKG Interpretations in infants and children

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