Open AccessA patient with palpitations (Answers)
Author(s) -
Legate Philip,
Kristel Longman,
Neil P. Andrews
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acute medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0380
Subject(s) - palpitations , medicine , ventricular function , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , physical examination , intensive care medicine , radiology
Ventricular tachycardias represent an important cause of palpitations. The differentiation of “benign” or “idiopathic” ventricular tachycardias from those which require more aggressive pharmacological and device therapy is an important diagnostic step and requires careful history taking, clinical examination and ultrasound evaluation of both left and right ventricular function.
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