VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

Question 1

What is ventricular tachycardia

Answer 1

Very fast heartbeat with irregular pulses in between

Question 2

Pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation

Answer 2

= resuscitation

Question 3

What are the two types of Ventricular tachycardia/VF? What do they mean?

Answer 3

1. Non-Sustained
   - symptoms stop spontaneously
2. Sustained
   - symptoms last for more than 30 seconds

Question 4

Unstable sustained ventricular tachycardia

Answer 4

Direct current cardioversion → IV Amiodarone → repeat current cardioversion

Question 5

Stable ventricular tachycardia

Answer 5

IV Amiodarone → direct current cardioversion

Question 6

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia

Answer 6

BB

Question 7

Patients at high risk of cardiac arrest require maintenance therapy

Answer 7

Can add Beta-blockers / amiodarone (in combination with a standard beta-blocker)