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], Avirup Guha, M.B.B.S.[3]

Synonyms and keywords: V tach; tachycardia - ventricular; VT

Classification

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

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Test selection guideline for the individual basis | Laboratory Tests | Electrocardiography | Exercise ECG | Chest x-ray | Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy with Pharmacologic Stress | Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy with Thallium | Echocardiography | Exercise Echocardiography | Positron Emission Tomography | Ambulatory ST Segment Monitoring | Electron Beam Tomography | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Coronary Angiography

Treatment

Electrical Cardioversion / Defibrillation | Antiarrhythmic drug therapy | Surgery | Guidelines in 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
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diseases and Conditions Index
• A history of electrocardiography
• EKG Interpretations in infants and children

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