intrOdUctiOn Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with electrocardiograms (ECGs) indicating wide complex tachycardias (WCTs) are difficult to manage. Furthermore, these ECGs are often challenging to interpret. Patients typically have ongoing chest discomfort, with or without symptoms of dyspnea, lightheadedness, nausea, and diaphoresis. Accurate interpretation of ECGs demonstrat...

☆ The authors are grateful to Li Qingyang, James Z with data collection, and to Jun Yu and an anonymou the Centre for International Governance Innovation lisches Wilhelms Universität Münster, the June 2011 and Financial Econometrics, the 2011 Western Econo nance Association Conference in Macau — where thi ⁎ Corresponding author at: Wilfrid Laurier Univers E-mail address: [email protected] (P.L. Si...

University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA. Fiona R Lake, MD, FRACP, Associate Professor in Medicine and Medical Education, Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Jeffrey M Hamdorf, PhD, FRACS, Associate Professor in Surgical Education, School of Surgery and Pathology. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Associate Professor Fiona R Lake, Education C...

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INTRODUCTION Patients who present with electrocardiograms (ECGs) demonstrating wide complex tachycardias (WCTs) are often challenging to clinicians. Not only may the patient present with (or be at risk for) hemodynamic compromise, but their treatment may result in hemodynamic collapse if the incorrect pharmacologic agent is selected. In Part 1 of this article, 1 the identification, epidemiology...