Figure 9b
Different forms of sustained potentially
fatal VTs.
A. Sustained monomorphic VT recorded from a patient with a left ventricular
aneurysm
B. Sustained polymorphic VT in a patient with myocardial ischemia.
C. Ventricular flutter often has a sine wave configuration with a cycle
length of 200 to 220 ms
D. Coarse VF
E. Fine VF
A careful distinction between the different morphologies and rates of
tachyarrhythmia contains important information for prognosis and management.
Myerburg, R.J., M.D., Castellanos,
A., M.D., Kessler, K.M., M.D., Recognition, Clinical Assessment and
Management of Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances, Hurst's The Heart,
8th ed, p 738.