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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Discussion Ventricular Tach


- See: - Diff Dx of V tach - Discussion on SVT vs V tach - Discussion: - regular ventricular rhythm: 100-200 BPM; - patient may or may not be aware; - hypotension / shock / pulonary edema: - look for wide regular QRS whose rate exceeds Atrial rhythm - tend to have AV dissociation; (P wave marches thru QRS) - look for cannon a waves; - see QT Lengthening - ventricular tachycardia must be differentiated from sinus tachycardia w/ bundle branch block and SVT with aberrant condition;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.