ventricular tachycardia…

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wide-complex tachycardia, v tach, tachycardia, ventricular, ventricular tachycardia, rapid heart beat initiated, the ventricles, characterized by 3, consecutive premature ventricular beats, ventricular tachycardia, potentially lethal disruption of normal heartbeat, arrhythmia, heart to, become unable to pump adequate blood, heart rate 160 to 240, normal is 60 to 100 beats per minute, ventricular tachycardia, in the absence of apparent heart disease, an early, a late complication of a heart attack, course of cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, myocarditis, following heart surgery, healed heart attacks form scar tissue, lead to ventricular tachycardia, occur days, heart attack, ventricular tachycardia, result from anti-arrhythmic medications, an undesired effect, from altered blood chemistries, low potassium level, ph, acid-base, insufficient oxygenation, a common mechanism, ventricular tachycardia is reentry, re-stimulation, the electrical conductive pathway, a single initial stimulus, ventricular tachycardia is classified, nonsustained, defined, lasting less than 30 seconds, sustained, "torsade de pointes", form of ventricular tachycardia, a specific variation, in the conduction, the ventricular stimulus, ventricular tachycardia occurs in approximately 2 out of people, sensation of feeling the heart beat, palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest discomfort, angina, stop suddenly, no symptoms, ventricular tachycardia, occur in episodes, rapid pulse, symptoms described, blood pressure normal, loss of consciousness, ventricular tachycardia, potentially lethal arrhythmia, an absent pulse, ventricular tachycardia seen on, an ecg, a continuous ambulatory electrocardiogram, holter monitor, a loop recorder, ambulatory ecg recordings exceeding 24 hrs, an intracardiac electrophysiology study, eps, blood chemistries, tests performed, situation, underlying cardiac disorder, no treatment required ventricular tachycardia, become an emergency situation, require cpr, electrical defibrillation, cardioversion, electric shock, intravenous anti-arrhythmic medications, lidocaine, procainamide, bretylium, sotalol, long-term treatment of ventricular tachycardia, require the use of oral anti-arrhythmic medications, procainamide, amiodarone, sotalol, anti-arrhythmic medications, have severe side effects, use is currently decreasing in favor of other treatments, ventricular tachycardias, in the electrophysiologic study to be suitable, an ablation procedure, radiofrequency catheter ablation, curative treatment, selected tachycardias, in recent years, a preferred treatment, many chronic, long-term, ventricular tachycardias consists of implanting a device, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, icd, icd is implanted, in the chest, a pacemaker, connected, heart, wires, icd is programmed by the doctor to sense ventricular tachycardia, it is occurring, to administer a shock to abort it, icd, programmed to send a rapid burst of paced beats to interrupt the ventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, require also the use of concomitant anti-arrhythmic agents, prevent repeated firing, the icd, depending on the underlying cardiac disorder, situation, ventricular tachycardia, not cause symptoms, people, lethal in others, a major cause of sudden cardiac death, a rapid, irregular pulse, fainting, chest pain, all of which indicative of ventricular tachycardia, disorder is not preventable, in other cases, treatment of underlying cardiac disorders, correction of blood chemistries, correction of underlying heart diseases, prevent ventricular tachycardia.