Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. A guide to the clinical significance and management
1Division of Cardiology, Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Abstract:
The patient with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia represents a common management problem for the cardiologists and internists. Treatment is sometimes needed for the suppression of symptoms. More commonly, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia is asymptomatic, and the clinician must determine the prognostic importance. The prognostic implications, the role of electrophysiologic study, and the potential role of pharmacologic and defibrillator intervention depend on the underlying cardiac substrate present in the individual patient.
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