Ventricular Tachycardia: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

ventricular tachycardia, VT, tachydysrhythmia, ventricular ectopic focus, fusion beats, atrioventricular dissociation, AV dissociation, wide QRS complexes, ventricular fibrillation, VF, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, PSVT, torsade de pointes, accelerated idioventricular rhythm, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, jugular venous distention,hypotension, CAD, structural heart disease, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesia, methamphetamine, cocaine, genetic arrhythmia syndrome, cardiac channelopathy

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