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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Tachycardia > Tachycardia, Ventricular
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Tachycardia > Tachycardia, Ventricular
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Cardiac Conduction System Disease > Tachycardia > Tachycardia, Ventricular

Preferred term

Tachycardia, Ventricular  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ventricular Tachycardia

Note

  • do not confuse with TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR which originates above the bundle of His

Scope note

  • An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm usually in excess of 150 beats per minute. It is generated within the ventricle below the BUNDLE OF HIS, either as autonomic impulse formation or reentrant impulse conduction. Depending on the etiology, onset of ventricular tachycardia can be paroxysmal (sudden) or nonparoxysmal, its wide QRS complexes can be uniform or polymorphic, and the ventricular beating may be independent of the atrial beating (AV dissociation).

History note

  • 93

In other languages

  • kammiotakykardia

    Finnish

  • kammioperäinen tiheälyöntisyys
  • kammiotaajalyöntisyys
  • kammiotaky
  • kammiotiheälyöntisyys
  • paroxysmal ventrikulär takykardi
  • tachycardia ventricularis
  • ventricular tachycardia
  • ventrikulaarinen takykardia
  • VT
  • Kammartakykardi

    Swedish

  • Takykardi, ventrikulär

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017180

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