Specialty cardiology ICD-9-CM 427.42 | ICD-10 I49.0 MeSH D054141 | |
Ventricular flutter is an arrhythmia, more specifically a tachycardia affecting the ventricles with a rate over 250-350 beats/min. It is characterized on the ECG by a sinusoidal waveform without clear definition of the QRS and T waves. It has been considered as a possible transition stage between ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, and is a critically unstable arrhythmia that can result in sudden cardiac death.
It can occur in infancy, youth, or as an adult.
It can be induced by programmed electrical stimulation.
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