Arrhythmia

Ventricular Tachycardia

Ventricular tachycardia is a fast heart rate that starts in the ventricles, the heart's lower chambers. It usually results from serious heart disease and often requires prompt or emergency treatment.

• Other Abnormal Heart rhythms
• Arrhythmia -- Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
• UCSF Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated May 8, 2007

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