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Ventricular Tachycardia

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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

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The characteristics of ventricular tachycardia, including differential diagnosis of wide QRS tachycardia and its various forms in the young are outlined. Classification systems, electrocardiograph morphology, mechanisms, clinical presentation, diagnostic investigation, and the various forms of ventricular tachycardia in the young are discussed.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1675 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Nicholas Von Bergen M.D.

  2. Pediatrics–Cardiology, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Craig J. Byrum M.D.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Macdonald Dick, II

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Von Bergen, N., Byrum, C.J. (2015). Ventricular Tachycardia. In: Dick, II, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2739-5_13

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