ventricular tachycardia

English

Etymology

ventricular + tachycardia

Pronunciation

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Noun

ventricular tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural ventricular tachycardias)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• v-tach
• VT