- ventricular tachycardia
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a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscles of the ventricles contract irregularly in a rapid, uncoordinated manner, impairing the normal pumping of blood.
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ventricular tachycardia
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sustained ventricular tachycardia — ventricular tachycardia lasting more than 30 seconds leading to shock that can be fatal … Medical dictionary
ventricular tachycardia — VT a dangerously fast beating of the heart stemming from an abnormal focus of electrical activity in the ventricles. The electricity does not pass through the heart along the usual channels and as a result the contraction of the heart muscle is… … The new mediacal dictionary
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