An idioventricular rhythm is very similar to ventricular tachycardia (VT), except the ventricular rate is less than 60. All other characteristics of ventricular tachycardia apply, including the ...

The important thing to determine is the etiology of the wide complex. The rhythm is either ventricular tachycardia or supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy. In the acute clinical setting ...

The most common arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation, which occurs in the atria in the upper part of the heart and can lead to ...

But some heart rhythms—including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia—can signal a greatly increased risk of stroke, heart failure, and death, McElderry says. At the Heart and Vascular ...

Exercise-induced presyncope/syncope or chest pain. Coexistence of pathological ECG abnormalities.7 Ventricular arrhythmia/PVB morphology: RBBB pattern with wide QRS; LBBB pattern with intermediate or ...

Scar-dependent ventricular tachycardia, or VT, is a dangerous, sporadic, rapid heart rhythm caused by scar tissue on the heart muscle from a prior heart attack or a genetic condition. It is ...

This paper defends the thesis that the heart can also develop sports injuries at the ventricular level. We will elaborate on our hypothesis, originally put forward in 2003, that intense endurance ...

Scientists have long searched for drugs that can prevent VF, but most have failed clinical trials because of serious side ...

The sine-qua non of a reentrant arrhythmia is the ability to reproducibly ... It is therefore useful to consider the origin of ventricular tachycardias that are commonly encountered in the ICD ...