title: Wide complex tachycardia: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: A wide QRS complex tachycardia that cannot be immediately identified, and which on clinical grounds requires prompt treatment, should be converted electrically. Drug management can be time consuming, and agents that block AV transmission, that is, verapamil and propranolol, may be life-threatening.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014700:Verapamil