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Alternate Name(s): Wide-complex tachycardia; V tach; Tachycardia - ventricular ...... Ventricular tachycardia is a rapid heart beat initiated within the ventricles, characterized by 3 or more consecutive premature ventricular beats.
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Ventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 i...
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Ventricular tachycardia is a difficult clinical problem for the physician. Its evaluation and treatment are complicated by the fact that it often occurs in life-threatening situations that dictate rapid diagnosis and treatment. ... Ventricular tachycardia can be referred to as sustained or nonsustained. Sustained refers to...
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Ventricular fibrillation is very serious. Collapse and sudden cardiac death will follow in minutes unless medical help is provided immediately. If treated in time, V fib and ventricular tachycardia (ven-TRIK'u-ler tak"eh-KAR'de-ah) (extremely rapid heartbeat) can be converted into normal rhythm.
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Ventricular tachycardia - Overview, Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a rapid heartbeat that starts in the ventricles. ... Definition of Ventricular tachycardia:
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Overview: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) refers to any rhythm faster than 100 beats per minute arising distal from the bundle of His. The rhythm may arise from working ventricular myocardium and/or the distal conduction system. ... Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a general term that includes any rapid rhythm,
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Overview: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a tachydysrhythmia originating from a ventricular ectopic focus, characterized by a rate typically greater than 120 beats per minute with wide QRS complexes. VT may be monomorphic (originating from a single focus ... ... More on Ventricular Tachycardia...
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Ventricular tachycardia is a heart rhythm that originates in the ventricles and produces a heart rate of at least 120 beats per minute. ... Ventricular tachycardia may be thought of as a sequence of consecutive ventricular premature beats. Sometimes only a few such beats occur together, and then the heart returns to a...
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