Wide complex tachycardia is a general term that refers to conditions that cause an unusually fast heart rate and a particular pattern on an EKG. Tachycardia is when your heart beats unusually fast, ...

This ECG (Figure 1), recorded in the emergency room, shows a wide complex tachycardia at 205 bpm. Wide complex tachycardias are more likely to be ventricular tachycardia (VT) than supraventricular ...

Tachycardia and bradycardia are two types of irregular heart rates. Tachycardia is when the heart beats faster than 100 beats per minute. Bradycardia is when the heart beats slower than 60 beats per ...

This ECG is challenging. The rhythm starts as normal sinus rhythm with a right bundle branch block, then a wide-complex tachycardia develops in a left bundle branch block pattern. The important thing ...

Atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response Left bundle branch block This ECG is considered "SVT with aberrancy" due to the atrial fibrillation with a fast ventricular rate and a wide QRS ...

In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully created personalized, 3-D virtual simulations of patients' hearts for doctors to visualize and perform a ...

There is a regular rhythm at a rate of 140 beats/min. The QRS complex is wide (0.16 sec). There is an initial R wave in lead V1 (←) but the morphology does not resemble either a typical right or left ...

We report the case of a 56-year-old man who had sudden palpitations, lightheadedness, chest pain, and dyspnea. Paramedics arrived within about 10 minutes after the onset of symptoms and found that the ...

Atrial tachycardia is an unusually fast heartbeat that originates in the atria, or upper chambers, of the heart. It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). This means it begins above the ...

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What has caused this young woman in her 20s to develop heart palpitations and shortness of breath? That's what Xuhong Geng, MD, of Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University in China, and colleagues ...