ECG Diagnosis: Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
Joel T. Levis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/10-130
Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation , atrial fibrillation , cardiomyopathy , electrocardiography , heart failure
Joel t levis, MD, PhD, faceP, faaeM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center, and Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director for the Foothill College Paramedic Program in Los Altos, CA. E-mail: joel.levis@kp.org. Figure 1. 12-lead ECG from a man with a history of atrial fibrillation and dilated cardiomyopathy, age 43 years, with palpitations and shortness of breath. Demonstrates a wide-complex, regular tachycardia with a ventricular rate of 200 beats/minute, consistent with probable monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.
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