When the impulses are properly synchronized, you have a normal heartbeat. Ventricular tachycardia occurs when the delivery of impulses is out of sync, causing the lower chambers to beat too fast. This ...

Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...

Ventricular fibrillation after irregular tachycardia and prolonged circulatory ... On admission he was having a seizure and was pulseless. While the electric pacemaker was being obtained ...

Ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart beat (with three or more consecutive heart beats at least 100 beats per minute) that originates from one of the ventricles in the heart.

This ECG (Figure 1), recorded in the emergency room, shows a wide complex tachycardia at 205 bpm. Wide complex tachycardias are more likely to be ventricular tachycardia (VT) than supraventricular ...

vanderbilt.edu The earliest recorded description of ventricular tachycardia (VT) is credited to Sir Thomas Lewis in 19 091. VT is defined as a rhythm originating in the ventricles ≥3 beats duration, ...

The Growing Prevalence of VT and AF Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are two of the most common and serious arrhythmias, contributing to stroke, heart failure, sudden ...

with documented initial cardiac rhythms—categorized as either shockable (ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia) or non-shockable (asystole or pulseless electrical ...

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In 2013, the survival rate for someone in King County who suffered a witnessed cardiac arrest and presented with the shockable rhythms of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation ...

The 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) made several new changes for pediatric care associated ...