title: Value of the 12-lead ECG in wide QRS tachycardia.
abstract: A wealth of useful diagnostic criteria is available to assist the health care worker in arriving at the correct diagnosis in cases of a wide QRS tachycardia (WQRST). Despite the abundance of good criteria for determining the diagnosis in cases of WQRST, they are of no use if they cannot be readily applied in an urgent clinical situation because they cannot be easily recalled or are too complex and cumbersome to use. It may be that refresher courses in the differential diagnosis of WQRST, especially for emergency physicians who are often the "first responders" to patients with WQRST, can improve physicians' diagnostic accuracy in this important disorder.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, 1801 N. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. jmiller6@iupui.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Mithilesh K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Anil V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhakta
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alberte
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*