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  • Title: [Diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia by electrocardiography].
    Author: Motté G, Dinanian S, Mzabi H.
    Journal: Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss; 1993 May; 86(5 Suppl):715-24. PubMed ID: 8267498.
    Abstract:
    In monomorphic wide QRS complex tachycardia, it is important to differentiate ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular tachycardia with aberration or preexcitation both from the prognostic and therapeutic view points. Atrioventricular dissociation with fusion complexes allows diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia but the negative predictive value of these criteria is low. Extreme QRS axis deviation, concordant morphological criteria in leads V1-V2 and V6 and analysis of the RS complexes in the precordial leads, nearly always enable supraventricular tachycardia with aberration. The distinction with other causes of wide QRS complex tachycardias (supraventricular tachycardia with preexcitation or with non-systematized intraventricular conduction defects) is much more difficult in the absence of a reference recording and depends more on the clinical context than ECG analysis.
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