Approach to the Wide Complex Tachycardia: Difference between revisions

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! colspan="3" |Brugada criteria to differentiate [[SVT]] from [[VT]] <cite>Brug1</cite>
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| Are there fusion or capture beats? (this is not an item from Brugada, it is however very specific|| Yes? => VT || specificy=100% [[image:fusionbeat.png|thumb|100px]]
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| RS complexen missing in the chest leads? || Yes? => [[VT]] || sensitivity=21% specificity=100%
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| RS-interval in one of the cheast leads > 100 msec (in the absence of anti-arrhythmics)? || Yes? => VT || sensitivity=66% specificity=98%
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| [[AV-dissociation]]? || Yes? => probably [[VT]] (Note [[AVNRT]] can also present with AV dissociation!)|| sensitivity=82% specifity=98%
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! colspan="3" | Morphological criteria (if the above criteria are inconclusive)
! colspan="3" | Morphological criteria (if the above criteria are inconclusive)
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== Vereckei algorithm <cite>Vereckei</cite>==
== Vereckei algorithm <cite>Vereckei</cite>==
[[File:Vereckei_algorithm.png|500px|thumb|left]]
[[File:Vereckei_algorithm.png|500px|thumb|left]]