Diagnosing Ventricular Tachycardia in 5 easy steps

By Dr Peter Kas | 06/07/2018 |

Here is a simple case of potential ventricular tachycardia(VT) How do you manage this? A patient has been brought into your resuscitation cubicle with the a complaint of palpitations. His ECG is as follows: The patient is obviously unstable, so the management decision is easy: ELECTRICITY. What if the patient is stable with a BP…

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VT vs SVT with Aberrancy

By Dr Peter Kas | 07/09/2017 |

The following ECG was sent to me recently. It’s a great case and a situation that we can all be faced with. The question is: Is this VT or SVT with Aberrancy? The further question is; What do you do when your treatment isn’t working? An 80 year old male presents feeling unwell with palpitations.…

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