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==Overview== | |||
In [[pulseless ventricular tachycardia]] organized electrical activity is present but this electrical activity fails to produce a detectable cardiac output. | |||
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In [[pulseless ventricular tachycardia]] | |||
==Diagnosis== | |||
In a patient who is in the middle of a cardiac arrest 12 lead [[electrocardiography]] is impractical; use a cardiac monitor to determine the rhythm, and any broad complex tachycardia should be assumed to be ventricular in origin. | In a patient who is in the middle of a cardiac arrest 12 lead [[electrocardiography]] is impractical; use a cardiac monitor to determine the rhythm, and any broad complex tachycardia should be assumed to be ventricular in origin. | ||
==Treatment== | |||
Pulseless ventricular tachycardia is managed in the same way as [[ventricular fibrillation]], early defibrillation being the mainstay of treatment.<ref>Morris F, Edhouse J, Brady W J, Conn J. ABC of Clinical Electrocardiography, BMJ Books, 2003</ref> | Pulseless ventricular tachycardia is managed in the same way as [[ventricular fibrillation]], early defibrillation being the mainstay of treatment.<ref>Morris F, Edhouse J, Brady W J, Conn J. ABC of Clinical Electrocardiography, BMJ Books, 2003</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 04:41, 17 September 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
In pulseless ventricular tachycardia organized electrical activity is present but this electrical activity fails to produce a detectable cardiac output.
Diagnosis
In a patient who is in the middle of a cardiac arrest 12 lead electrocardiography is impractical; use a cardiac monitor to determine the rhythm, and any broad complex tachycardia should be assumed to be ventricular in origin.
Treatment
Pulseless ventricular tachycardia is managed in the same way as ventricular fibrillation, early defibrillation being the mainstay of treatment.[1]
References
- ↑ Morris F, Edhouse J, Brady W J, Conn J. ABC of Clinical Electrocardiography, BMJ Books, 2003