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Wide Complex Tachycardia

Aka: Wide Complex Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia
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  1. See Also
    1. Ventricular Tachycardia Management in the Adult
    2. Ventricular Tachycardia Management in the Child
    3. Unstable Tachycardia
    4. Narrow Complex Tachycardia
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Wide Complex Tachycardia in Children
      1. Presumptive Ventricular Tachycardia
    2. Wide Complex Tachycardia in Adults
      1. 75% of patients have Ventricular Tachycardia
      2. 90% of patients with CAD have VT
    3. References
      1. Akhtar (1988) Ann Intern Med 109:905-912
  3. Management: Acute Wide Complex Tachycardia
    1. New emphasis on use of choosing only one Antiarrhythmic
      1. Contrast to prior Antiarrhythmic soups
      2. Pro-arrhythmic effects increase with poly-drugs
    2. See Ventricular Tachycardia Management in the Adult
    3. See Ventricular Tachycardia Management in the Child
  4. Management: Chronic recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia
    1. Implantable Defibrillator (ICD)
      1. Long term best option (much better than meds)
      2. Efficacy: 40-50% reduction in sudden death
      3. References
        1. (1997) N Engl J Med 337:1576
        2. Moss (1996) N Engl J Med 335:1933-40
    2. Maximize Coronary Artery Disease management
      1. Bigger (1997) N Engl J Med 337:1569-75

Tachycardia, Ventricular (C0042514)

Definition (NCI) A tachycardia arising distal to bundle of His, with a rate greater than 100 beats per minute. (NCI)
Definition (NCI) A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with a heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute that originates distal to the bundle of His.
Definition (NCI) An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm with aberrant ventricular excitation, usually in excess of 150 beats per minute.
Definition (NCI) A tachycardia arising distal to bundle of His, with a rate greater than 100 beats per minute.
Definition (MSH) An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm usually in excess of 150 beats per minute. It is generated within the ventricle below the BUNDLE OF HIS, either as autonomic impulse formation or reentrant impulse conduction. Depending on the etiology, onset of ventricular tachycardia can be paroxysmal (sudden) or nonparoxysmal, its wide QRS complexes can be uniform or polymorphic, and the ventricular beating may be independent of the atrial beating (AV dissociation).
Concepts Pathologic Function (T046)
MSH D017180
ICD10 I47.2
SnomedCT 25569003, 155370003, 195075005, 6624005
English Tachycardia, Ventricular, VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA, TACHYCARDIA VENTRICULAR, Tachycardias, Ventricular, Ventricular Tachycardias, TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR, VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, VT, Ventricular tachycardia, NOS, Ventricular Tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia (diagnosis), ventricular tachycardia, V.tach, Tachycardia ventricular, Tachycardia, ventricular, Tachycardia, Ventricular [Disease/Finding], v tach, vt, ventricular tachyarrhythmia, ventricular tachycardia (V-tach), Ventricular tachycardia, VT - Ventricular tachycardia, Ventricular tachycardia (disorder), Ventricular tachyarrhythmia, tachycardia; ventricular, ventricular; tachycardia, Tachycardia - ventric., Ventricular tachyarrhythmia (disorder), Ventricular techycardia, Tachycardia;ventricular
French TACHYCARDIE VENTRICULAIRE, Tachyarythmie ventriculaire, V.tach, Tachycardie ventriculaire
Portuguese TAQUICARDIA VENTRICULAR, Taquiarritmia ventricular, Taquicardia ventricular, Taquicardia Ventricular
Spanish TAQUICARDIA VENTRICULAR, Taquiarritmia ventricular, Taquicardia V, Tachycardia - ventric., Ventricular techycardia, Ventricular tachycardia, taquicardia ventricular (trastorno), taquicardia ventricular, Taquicardia ventricular, taquiarritmia ventricular (trastorno), taquiarritmia ventricular, Taquicardia Ventricular
Dutch ventriculaire tachyaritmie, ventrikeltachycardie, tachycardie; ventriculair, ventriculair; tachycardie, ventriculaire tachycardie, Ritmestoornis, Tachycardie, ventriculaire, Ventriculaire tachycardie
German Kammer-Tachyarrhythmie, V.tach, TACHYKARDIE VENTRIKULAER, Ventrikulaere Tachykardie, Tachykardie ventrikulaer, Tachykardie, ventrikuläre
Italian Tachiaritmia ventricolare, Tachicardia ventricolare
Japanese 心室性頻脈性不整脈, ｼﾝｼﾂｾｲﾋﾝﾐｬｸ, ｼﾝｼﾂｾｲﾋﾝﾐｬｸｾｲﾌｾｲﾐｬｸ, 心室性頻拍, 頻拍-心室性, 心室性頻拍症, 心室性頻脈, 心室頻拍, 心室頻拍症, 心室頻脈, 発作性心室性頻拍, 発作性心室性頻拍症, 発作性心室頻拍, 発作性心室頻拍症
Swedish Kammartakykardi
Finnish Kammiotakykardia
Russian TAKHIKARDIIA VENTRIKULIARNAIA, TAKHIKARDIIA ZHELUDOCHKOVAIA PAROKSIZMAL'NAIA, ТАХИКАРДИЯ ВЕНТРИКУЛЯРНАЯ, ТАХИКАРДИЯ ЖЕЛУДОЧКОВАЯ ПАРОКСИЗМАЛЬНАЯ
Czech Ventrikulární tachyarytmie, Tachykardie komorová, Komorová tachykardie, KT, VT, komorová tachykardie, tachykardie komorová
Korean 심실성 빠른맥
Croatian TAHIKARDIJA, VENTRIKULARNA
Polish VT, Tachykardia komorowa, Częstoskurcz komorowy
Hungarian Ventricularis tachyarrhythmia, Tachycardia,ventricularis, V . Tach., Ventricularis tachycardia
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Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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