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Ventricular Tachycardia Management

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Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of acute myocardial ischemia can also be treated by intravenous lignocaine bolus followed by infusion. Predisposing causes for ventricular tachycardia like ischemia and electrolyte imbalance has to be treated simultaneously to prevent recurrence.

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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

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He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours. There is no definite evidence of acute ischemia. (ie, This time, the arrhythmia did not spontaneously terminate — but rather degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation. Some residual ischemia in the infarct border might still be present.