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== Ultrasimple Brugada criterion ==
== Ultrasimple Brugada criterion ==
In 2010 Joseph Brugada et al. published a new criterion to differentiate VT from SVT in wide complex tachycardias: the R wave peak time in Lead II <cite>Brugada2</cite>. This criterion was successful in their own population of selected patients and is awaiting prospective testing in a larger trial.
In 2010 Joseph Brugada et al. published a new criterion to differentiate VT from SVT in wide complex tachycardias: the R wave peak time in Lead II <cite>Brugada2</cite>. They suggest measuring the duration of onset of the QRS to the first change in polarity (either nadir Q or peak R) in lead II. If the RWPT is ≥ 50ms the likelihood of a VT very high (positive likelihood ratio 34.8). This criterion was successful in their own population of 163 selected patients and is awaiting prospective testing in a larger trial.


== Vereckei algorithm <cite>Vereckei</cite>==
== Vereckei algorithm <cite>Vereckei</cite>==