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**are there extra beats? -> [[Ectopic Beats]] | **are there extra beats? -> [[Ectopic Beats]] | ||
* What is the '''[[Conduction|QRS width]]'''? | * What is the '''[[Conduction|QRS width]]'''? | ||
*If the QRS < 120ms (i.e. a narrow complex), then it is either a [[Sinus node rhythms and arrhythmias|sinus arrhythmia]], [[Supraventricular Rhythms|supraventricular rhythm]] or a [[Junctional Tachycardias|junctional tachycardia]]. In tachycardias, this [[Media:narrow_tachycardia_flow.png|'''flowchart''']] will lead to the right diagnosis.<cite>ESCnarrowQRS</cite> | **If the QRS < 120ms (i.e. a narrow complex), then it is either a [[Sinus node rhythms and arrhythmias|sinus arrhythmia]], [[Supraventricular Rhythms|supraventricular rhythm]] or a [[Junctional Tachycardias|junctional tachycardia]]. In tachycardias, this [[Media:narrow_tachycardia_flow.png|'''flowchart''']] will lead to the right diagnosis.<cite>ESCnarrowQRS</cite> | ||
*If the QRS > 120ms it is either a [[Ventricular Arrhythmias|ventricular tachycardia]] or a [[Supraventricular Rhythms|supraventricular rhythm]] with additional [[Intraventricular Conduction|bundle branch block]]. This is a challenging difficulty in arrhythmia diagnosis, therefore a [[media:wideQRS_tachycardia_flow.png|'''flowchart''']] might help, which incoporates the Brugada criteria for VT.<cite>Brugada</cite> Another method to discriminate VT from SVT has been proposed by Vereckei et al.<cite>vereckei</cite> In the editorial on that paper an excellent review is given on the subject by Dendi and Josephson.<cite>dendi</cite> | **If the QRS > 120ms it is either a [[Ventricular Arrhythmias|ventricular tachycardia]] or a [[Supraventricular Rhythms|supraventricular rhythm]] with additional [[Intraventricular Conduction|bundle branch block]]. This is a challenging difficulty in arrhythmia diagnosis, therefore a [[media:wideQRS_tachycardia_flow.png|'''flowchart''']] might help, which incoporates the Brugada criteria for VT.<cite>Brugada</cite> Another method to discriminate VT from SVT has been proposed by Vereckei et al.<cite>vereckei</cite> In the editorial on that paper an excellent review is given on the subject by Dendi and Josephson.<cite>dendi</cite> | ||
* What is the clinical setting? | * What is the '''clinical setting'''? | ||
** A wide complex tachycardia in a hemodynamically instable 70 year old man with previous myocardial infarction should be concidered a [[ventricular tachycardia]] until proven otherwise | ** A wide complex tachycardia in a hemodynamically instable 70 year old man with previous myocardial infarction should be concidered a [[ventricular tachycardia]] until proven otherwise | ||
** A wide complex tachycardia in a 24 year old women with recurrent spells of tachycardia the respond to vagal manouevres is most likely an [[AVNRT]] with aberrant conduction. | ** A wide complex tachycardia in a 24 year old women with recurrent spells of tachycardia the respond to vagal manouevres is most likely an [[AVNRT]] with aberrant conduction. | ||