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Chapter-153 Ventricular Tachycardia in a Structurally Normal Heart

BOOK TITLE: CSI: Cardiology Update 2014

Author
1. Naik Ajay
ISBN
9789351526186
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12415_154
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2015
Pages
9
Author Affiliations
1. Care Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Care Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Smt Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India, CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Chapter keywords
Ventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic PMVT, short QT Syndrome, ICD therapy

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia is clinically presented by ECHO, CAD, ARVC, ARVD, PMVT and VF. Non life threatening ventricular arrhythmias for monomorphic includes general considerations, outflow tract ventricular arrhythmia, electrophysiologic mechanism and their clinical features, idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia and mitral annulus, tricuspid annulus, papillary muscle, perivascular epicardial ectopy. Life threatening ventricular arrhythmias for polymorphic general considerations, long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic PMVT, short QT Syndrome and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. Patients require ICD therapy for secondary or primary prevention of SCD.

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