Diagnosis of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrocardiography

Ventricular tachycardia due to cardiac ischaemia: assessment by exercise electrocardiography.

Although ventricular tachycardia is a well-known complication of myocardial ischaemia and may be provoked by exercise, many patients may appreciate only the angina and be unaware of the unduly rapid heart rate that precipitates it. Exercise testing is needed to show this arrhythmia and to enable treatment to be started.Twenty-three patients were found to have chronic ischaemic heart disease com...

ECG Diagnosis: Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.

Joel t levis, MD, PhD, faceP, faaeM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center, and Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director for the Foothill College Paramedic Program in Los Altos, CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Figure 1. 12-lead ECG from a man with a history of atrial fibrillation and dilated cardio...

Electrophysiology: Ventricular tachycardia: diagnosis of broad QRS complex tachycardia.

having a broad QRS complex, it is important to be able to diVerentiate between a supraventricular and a ventricular tachycardia. Medication given for the treatment of a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) may be harmful to a patient with a ventricular tachycardia (VT). 2 A reasonable haemodynamic condition during a tachycardia may erroneously lead to the wrong diagnosis of SVT. Familiarity with ...

Ventricular tachycardia: diagnosis of broad QRS complex tachycardia

having a broad QRS complex, it is important to be able to diVerentiate between a supraventricular and a ventricular tachycardia. Medication given for the treatment of a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) may be harmful to a patient with a ventricular tachycardia (VT). 2 A reasonable haemodynamic condition during a tachycardia may erroneously lead to the wrong diagnosis of SVT. Familiarity with ...

Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia.

Diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia: a clinical algorithm.

Differentiating ventricular tachycardia from other broad complex tachycardias is important both for the management of the acute arrhythmia and for long term treatment to prevent its recurrence. In our experience ventricular tachycardia is often mistaken for supraventricular tachycardia, and clinical bias in favour of supraventricular tachycardia is strong. Ia Several arrhythmias may give rise t...