ventricular tachycardia
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ventricular tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural ventricular tachycardias)
- A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
- If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work.
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Related terms
- atrial tachycardia
- auricular tachycardia
- ventricular fibrillation
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