Definition of Ventricular tachycardia

1. Noun. A heart attack involving a heightended heart rate in a ventricle of the heart. ¹

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Medical Definition of Ventricular tachycardia

1. Abnormal accelerated ventricular rhythm with a usual rate of 150-200 beats per minute. Because ventricular tachycardia originates in the ventricle, it appears as a wide complex rhythm on ECG. A potentially unstable rhythm that may result in fainting, low blood pressure, shock or sudden death. Ventricular tachycardia has the potential of degrading to the more serious ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular tachycardia is a common and often, lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). Origin: Gr. Kardia = heart (12 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ventricular Tachycardia

ventricular layer
ventricular ligament
ventricular loop
ventricular plateau
ventricular ponderance
ventricular preexcitation
ventricular premature complexes
ventricular pressure
ventricular rhythm
ventricular septal rupture
ventricular septum
ventricular synchronous pulse generator
ventricular systole
ventricular tachycardia (current term)
ventricular tachycardias
ventricular triggered pulse generator
ventricular trigone
ventricularis
ventricularization
ventriculi
ventriculite
ventriculites
ventriculitis
ventriculo-
ventriculoarterial
ventriculoatrial
ventriculoatrial conduction
ventriculocisternostomy

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