title: Electrocardiography Series. What is the cause of the regular wide QRS complex tachycardia?
abstract: Regular broad QRS complex tachycardias may be ventricular in origin or due to supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy. Antidromic atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia occurring in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a third possibility. The electrocardiogram is a key tool for distinguishing these tachycardias, which have differing causes, prognoses and treatment strategies. Ventricular tachycardia may be monomorphic or polymorphic. The management of ventricular tachycardia depends on clinical symptoms and is influenced by the presence of structural heart disease.
authors: Cardiac Department, National University Heart Centre, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Level 9, Singapore 119228.
authors: S L
authors: SL
authors: Lim
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Teo
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Kireyev
authors: K K
authors: KK
authors: Poh
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone