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6 mar 2024 · The goals of ventricular tachycardia treatment are to: Slow a rapid heartbeat. Prevent future episodes of a fast heartbeat. Ventricular tachycardia treatment may include medicines, procedures and devices to control or reset the heart rhythm, and heart surgery.
26 sie 2022 · In case of a known idiopathic VT (Figure 4), treatment with beta-blockers (for RVOT VT) 306 or verapamil (for fascicular VT) 307 is recommended for acute conversion. Although verapamil may terminate other types of idiopathic VT, 307 important adverse effects such as severe hypotension may occur.
12 cze 2022 · Learn about ventricular tachycardia, a fast and abnormal heart rhythm that can cause chest pain, dizziness and fainting. Find out how it's diagnosed and treated with medications, ablation or an implantable defibrillator.
S5.1.5.2-20 Beta blockers (eg, nadolol, propranolol) are also first-line therapy for some cardiac channelopathies (eg, long QT syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia).
Highlights. Introduction. Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are periodically updated integrating the latest scientific evidence and translating it into clinical practice.
30 lip 2023 · In patients with structural heart disease and hemodynamically stable ventricular tachycardia, intravenous procainamide, amiodarone, and sotalol (depending on availability) are recommended for the acute treatment of ventricular tachycardia. Intravenous lidocaine can be used as an alternative antiarrhythmic drug if the drugs mentioned above are ...
26 sie 2022 · ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines aim to present all the relevant evidence to help physicians weigh the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac (SCD).
