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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*young adult | *young adult | ||
*male (60-80%)<ref>[https://www.escardio.org/Journals/E-Journal-of-Cardiology-Practice/Volume-9/Idiopathic-fascicular-left-ventricular-tachycardia], Reviriego, Sara Moreno. “Idiopathic Fascicular Left Ventricular Tachycardia.” European Society of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, 20 Dec. 2010. </ref> | *male (60-80%)<ref>[https://www.escardio.org/Journals/E-Journal-of-Cardiology-Practice/Volume-9/Idiopathic-fascicular-left-ventricular-tachycardia], Reviriego, Sara Moreno. “Idiopathic Fascicular Left Ventricular Tachycardia.” European Society of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, 20 Dec. 2010. </ref> | ||
*[[palpitations]] | *[[palpitations]] | ||
Revision as of 01:15, 22 December 2020
Background
- Also known as fascicular tachycardia, idiopathic fascicular left ventricular tachycardia (ILFVT), Belhassen-type VT, verapamil-sensitive VT, or intrafascicular tachycardia
- Re-entrant tachycardia seen typically in young patients without structural heart disease
Clinical Features
- young adult
- male (60-80%)[1]
- palpitations
- dizziness
- syncope is infrequent