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Initiation of Spontaneous Ventricular Tachycardia:
Author(s) -
WOOD MARK A.,
ELLENBOGEN KENNETH A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , flammable liquid , ventricular tachycardia , spark (programming language) , analogy , tachycardia , cardiology , medical emergency , engineering , waste management , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , programming language
A famous restaurant is consumed by fire. As on‐lookers watch the blaze, the most frequently asked question is, “How did it start?” The more insightful question is posed by the firefighters, “Why did it burn?” Clearly, heat and flame were ever present in the kitchen. The spark itself was omni‐present, so the fire must result from some breakdown of the protective measures or changes in the flammable environment. This analogy applies to the relationship between PVC's and VT onset.