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  1. Mar 6, 2024 · In ventricular tachycardia, the heart beats faster, usually 100 or more beats a minute. Sometimes the rapid heartbeat stops the heart chambers from properly filling with blood. The heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body. If this happens, you may feel short of breath or lightheaded.

  2. Jun 12, 2022 · Ventricular tachycardia is a heart rate higher than 120 beats per minute that starts in your heart’s two lower chambers (ventricles), rather than from the normal electrical pathway.

  3. Mar 6, 2024 · A wearable cardiac event monitor may be used to diagnose tachycardia. This type of portable device records heart activity only during episodes of irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. Tests are done to check the heart and confirm a diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia, also called V-tach or VT.

  4. Feb 15, 2024 · What happens in ventricular tachycardia? When you have VT, abnormal electrical signals from your ventricles take over and make your heart beat quickly. The pulses coming from your SA node are...

  5. Most patients with VT have a significant heart disorder, particularly prior myocardial infarction or a cardiomyopathy. Electrolyte abnormalities (particularly hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia), acidemia, hypoxemia, and adverse medication effects contribute (1).

  6. Apr 11, 2023 · Ventricular tachycardia (v-tach or VT) is a very fast heart rhythm that begins in the ventricles. The condition most commonly affects people who have heart disorders, such as coronary artery...

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  8. Ventricular tachycardia is ≥ 3 consecutive ventricular beats at a rate ≥ 120 beats/minute. Symptoms depend on duration and vary from none to palpitations to hemodynamic collapse and death. Diagnosis is by electrocardiography.

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