ventricular tachycardia

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Etymology

ventricular + tachycardia

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Noun

ventricular tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural ventricular tachycardias)

1. A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.

   If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work.

Synonyms

abbreviations

• VT
• v-tach

 

Derived terms

• catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

 

Related terms

• atrial tachycardia
• auricular tachycardia
• ventricular fibrillation