Fogoros, MDVentricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is when the lower chamber of the heart beats too fast to pump efficiently. This reduces the amount of oxygenated blood the rest of the body receives.

Ventricular tachycardia refers to a wide QRS complex heart rhythm — that is, a QRS duration beyond 120 milliseconds — originating in the ventricles at a rate of greater than 100 beats per minute.

This rhythm meets all of the ACC/AHA and Brugada Criteria for ventricular tachycardia except the heart rate is < 100 beats per minute, hence the term “slow ventricular tachycardia” is commonly ...

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The pharmacological treatment of VF/pulseless VT is of secondary importance to early defibrillation. Administration of antiarrhythmic drugs is considered in cases of refractory VF/pulseless VT—that is ...

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