Diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia from the 12-lead electrocardiogram.
The value of a four-step systematic approach for the analysis of a wide QRS tachycardia is discussed. This approach allows for the differentiation between tachycardia of supraventricular origin and those of ventricular origin.
Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital of Maastricht, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Wellens
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Brugada
D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*