Meaning Ventricular tachycardia
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Ventricular tachycardia


An abnormal heart rhythm that is rapid and regular and that originates from an area of the lower chamber (ventricle) of the heart. Ventricular tachycardias can be life-threatening arrhythmias that are commonly associated with damage to the heart muscle due to coronary artery disease.
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Ventricular tachycardia


 A fast heart rate where electrical impulses are sent by the ventricles of the heart
Source: heartfoundation.org.nz

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Ventricular tachycardia


Regular heart rate which originates electrically in the ventricles of the heart and which is so abnormally fast that pumping efficiency is severely compromised, causing breathlessness, intolerance of [..]
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Ventricular tachycardia


A very fast heartbeat that starts in the ventricles. Ventricular tachycardia can be deadly if it renders the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.
Source: health.harvard.edu

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Ventricular tachycardia


An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm usually in excess of 150 beats per minute. It is generated within the ventricle below the Bundle of His, either as autonomic impulse formation or reentrant impul [..]
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Ventricular tachycardia


A type of automatic, not reentrant, ectopic ventricular rhythm with episodes lasting from a few seconds to a minute which usually occurs in Patients with acute Myocardial Infarction or with Digitalis [..]
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Ventricular tachycardia


a condition in which the ventricles cause a very fast heartbeat.
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Ventricular tachycardia


A fast heart rhythm that originates in one of the ventricles. It is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia, because it may lead to Ventricular Fibrillation—very rapid uncoordinated fluttering contr [..]
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