TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia
AU - Whitaker, John
AU - Wright, Matthew J.
AU - Tedrow, Usha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Royal College of Physicians 2023. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Ventricular tachycardia (VT) describes rapid heart rhythms originating from the ventricles. Accurate diagnosis of VT is important to allow prompt referral to specialist services for ongoing management. The diagnosis of VT is usually made based on electrocardiographic data, most commonly 12-lead echocardiography (ECG), as well as supportive cardiac telemetric monitoring. Distinguishing between VT and supraventricular arrhythmias on ECG can be difficult. However, the VT diagnosis frequently needs to be made rapidly in the acute setting. In this review, we discuss the definition of VT, review features of wide-complex tachycardia (WCT) on ECG that might be helpful in diagnosing VT, discuss the different substrates in which VT can occur and offer brief comments on management considerations for patients found to have VT.
AB - Ventricular tachycardia (VT) describes rapid heart rhythms originating from the ventricles. Accurate diagnosis of VT is important to allow prompt referral to specialist services for ongoing management. The diagnosis of VT is usually made based on electrocardiographic data, most commonly 12-lead echocardiography (ECG), as well as supportive cardiac telemetric monitoring. Distinguishing between VT and supraventricular arrhythmias on ECG can be difficult. However, the VT diagnosis frequently needs to be made rapidly in the acute setting. In this review, we discuss the definition of VT, review features of wide-complex tachycardia (WCT) on ECG that might be helpful in diagnosing VT, discuss the different substrates in which VT can occur and offer brief comments on management considerations for patients found to have VT.
KW - ablation
KW - arrhythmia
KW - ECG
KW - Ventricular tachycardia
KW - wide-complex tachycardia
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U2 - 10.7861/clinmed.2023-23.5.Cardio3
DO - 10.7861/clinmed.2023-23.5.Cardio3
M3 - Article
C2 - 37775174
AN - SCOPUS:85172829025
SN - 1470-2118
VL - 23
SP - 442
EP - 448
JO - Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London
JF - Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London
IS - 5
ER -