Template:Tachycardia (wide) DDX: Difference between revisions
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**[[Atrial fibrillation (main)|Atrial fibrillation]]/[[atrial flutter]] with variable AV conduction AND accessory pathway (e.g. [[WPW]]) | **[[Atrial fibrillation (main)|Atrial fibrillation]]/[[atrial flutter]] with variable AV conduction AND accessory pathway (e.g. [[WPW]]) | ||
**[[Atrial fibrillation (main)|Atrial fibrillation]] + [[hyperkalemia]] | **[[Atrial fibrillation (main)|Atrial fibrillation]] + [[hyperkalemia]] | ||
** | **[[Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia]] | ||
***[[Torsades de pointes]] | ***[[Torsades de pointes]] | ||
***[[Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia]] | ***[[Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia]] | ||
^Fixed or rate-related | ^Fixed or rate-related |
Latest revision as of 07:09, 5 April 2019
Wide-complex tachycardia
Assume any wide-complex tachycardia is ventricular tachycardia until proven otherwise (it is safer to incorrectly assume a ventricular dysrhythmia than supraventricular tachycardia with abberancy)
- Regular
- Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
- PSVT with aberrant conduction:
- PSVT with bundle branch block^
- PSVT with accessory pathway
- Atrial flutter with bundle branch block^
- Sinus tachycardia with bundle branch block^
- Accelerated idioventricular rhythm (consider if less than or ~120 bpm)
- Metabolic
- Irregular
- Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter with variable AV conduction AND bundle branch block^
- Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter with variable AV conduction AND accessory pathway (e.g. WPW)
- Atrial fibrillation + hyperkalemia
- Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
^Fixed or rate-related