title: Ventricular tachycardia: newer insights.
abstract: Electrophysiology has provided insights into our understanding of ventricular tachycardia. The techniques of electrophysiology which were useful as a research tool have only recently come to be appreciated in clinical practice. As a result, we have expanded our knowledge of the mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias; we can distinguish among tachycardias masquerading as ventricular tachycardia; we can predict the response to drug and pacemaker treatment, and we can select out those who require surgical management.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis*