Ventricular Tachycardia
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- Ventricular Tachycardia
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Ventricular Tachycardia
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Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening rhythm disorder that originates in the heart’s lower chambers (ventricles) and is often linked to structural abnormalities. The other most common causes include a previous history of heart attack or the weakening of the heart muscle.
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Since these patients always have a high risk of developing VT in the future, we assess the risk of sudden death in individual patients.
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Treatment options:
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- Immediate Intervention: medications or electrical shocks during VT episodes
- Risk assessment: identifying patients at high risk of sudden death
- Defibrillators: implantable devices for high-risk patients
- RF ablation: reduces VT episodes and prevents defibrillator shocks
