Why the study?
Does the misdiagnosis of ventricular tachycardia as supraventricular tachycardia and subsequent inappropriate therapy lead to poorer clinical outcomes?
Population
46 consecutive episodes of wide complex tachycardia presenting emergently.
Comparison
Misdiagnosis of ventricular tachycardia as… vs Correctly diagnosed episodes of wide complex…
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Verapamil in misdiagnosed VT linked to deterioration; cautions clinicians while leaving open prospective confirmation of outcomes.
Does the misdiagnosis of ventricular tachycardia as supraventricular tachycardia and subsequent inappropriate therapy lead to poorer clinical outcomes?
Misdiagnosis of ventricular tachycardia as supraventricular tachycardia is common, and the administration of verapamil in these cases frequently leads to severe hemodynamic deterioration.
Robert B. Stewart (1986) studied this question.
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