ICU rounds


Ventricular tachycardia

Anurag Singh MD, FACC, FHRS

ABSTRACT

Ventricular tachycardia is a malignant cardiac rhythm which frequently causes hemo dynamic collapse if not treated early and aggressively. There are several ways to classify ventricular tachycardia, and it is important that physicians working in critical care units identify the cause and start appropriate treatment for effective care of these critically ill patients.



Keywords: ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, treatment



Article citation: Singh A. Ventricular tachycardia. Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2017;5(17):38-41.

DOI: 10.12746/swrccc2017.0517.233

From: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Corresponding author: Anurag Singh at Anurag.singh@ttuhsc.edu