Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is an abnormal heart rhythm where the bottom chambers of your heart beat too quickly. People with severe cases may experience sudden cardiac arrest. Conditions that ...

A 52-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia experiences chest pain and summons medical help. Thirty minutes later, in the presence of paramedics, he collapses with ventricular fibrillation ...

Ventricular tachycardia is a type of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm. Sometimes called VT or V-tach, it’s an unusually fast heartbeat that starts in the lower part of your heart called the ...

A prolonged QT interval has a variety of causes and can be a very serious ECG finding, as it may lead to the potentially fatal arrhythmia polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (Torsades de Pointes). See ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Here is a classic ECG case not usually caught on a ...

February 9, 2010 (Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC) — Many common, useful drugs have the side effect of electrocardiographic QT-interval prolongation, which substantially increases the risk of sudden ...

Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia is an irregular heartbeat where the bottom chambers of your heart beat quicker than usual. It can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath, dizziness, or fatigue.

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...