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Revision as of 13:50, 16 September 2011
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| 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], 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
Differential diagnosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
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