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** If the heart axis turns significantly when compared to the heart axis during sinus rhythm a ventricular origin of the rhythm is more likely. | ** If the heart axis turns significantly when compared to the heart axis during sinus rhythm a ventricular origin of the rhythm is more likely. | ||
* What is the '''clinical setting'''? | * What is the '''clinical setting'''? | ||
** A wide complex tachycardia in a hemodynamically unstable 70-year-old man with previous myocardial infarction should be considered a [[ventricular tachycardia]] until proven otherwise | ** A wide complex tachycardia in a hemodynamically unstable 70-year-old man with previous myocardial infarction should be considered a [[Vt|ventricular tachycardia]] until proven otherwise | ||
** A wide complex tachycardia in a 24-year-old woman with recurrent spells of tachycardia that respond to vagal maneuvers is most likely an [[AVNRT]] with aberrant conduction. | ** A wide complex tachycardia in a 24-year-old woman with recurrent spells of tachycardia that respond to vagal maneuvers is most likely an [[AVNRT]] with aberrant conduction. | ||