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Tachyarrhythmias

Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Prognosis

Ventricular arrhythmias

Many patients die, particularly suddenly. b

Note:

  • Roughly half of patients with ventricular tachycardias will have another episode within 12 months. b
  • A quarter to a third are dead within one year - many suddenly. b

Expiry date: July 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   H   Oral
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton