Ventricular Tachycardia Quiz
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Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Tatsuya Shiraishi, MD (Cardiology)
Dr. Shiraishi graduated from the Kyoto University School of Medicine. He worked as a cardiologist at Edogawa Hospital, and after joining Ubie, he became the Director of East Nihonbashi Internal Medicine Clinic.
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What is Ventricular Tachycardia?
This is an abnormal heart rhythm where the lower heart chambers contract too quickly. As a result, there isn't enough time to fill these chambers with blood before it's pumped out to the body, and the body receives insufficient oxygenated blood. The cause isn't always known - it might be due to heart disease, heart tissue inflammation, or being born with structural heart problems.
Typical Symptoms of Ventricular Tachycardia
Losing consciousness during a physical activity
Losing consciousness
History of heart failure
Feel the heart is pounding
Chest pain
History of heart vessel blockage or heart attack
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Doctor's Diagnostic Questionson Ventricular Tachycardia
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
Did you faint while walking or doing something?
Have you temporarily lost consciousness?
Have you ever been diagnosed with heart problems?
Is your heart pounding?
Do you have chest pain?
Treatmentof Ventricular Tachycardia
Sustained ventricular tachycardia is a potentially dangerous condition that needs treatment. This could involve medications to help the heart maintain a normal rhythm, a procedure to destroy the cells causing the ventricular tachycardia, an implanted device to monitor and correct abnormal rhythms, or, in some cases, surgery.
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References
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https://www.cardiacep.theclinics.com/article/S1877-9182(16)30135-6/fulltext
Lawrie GM. Surgery for Ventricular Tachycardia. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2021 Apr 5;17(1):36-42. doi: 10.14797/TESU5314. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID: 34104318; PMCID: PMC8158454.
https://journal.houstonmethodist.org/article/10.14797/TESU5314/
Kobayashi Y. Idiopathic Ventricular Premature Contraction and Ventricular Tachycardia: Distribution of the Origin, Diagnostic Algorithm, and Catheter Ablation. J Nippon Med Sch. 2018;85(2):87-94. doi: 10.1272/jnms.2018_85-14. PMID: 29731502.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jnms/85/2/85_2018_85-14/_article
Stevenson WG, McMaster WG, Kanagasundram A. Chemical ablation for ventricular tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Sep;32(9):2471-2472. doi: 10.1111/jce.15159. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34288233.
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Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Tatsuya Shiraishi, MD (Cardiology)
Dr. Shiraishi graduated from the Kyoto University School of Medicine. He worked as a cardiologist at Edogawa Hospital, and after joining Ubie, he became the Director of East Nihonbashi Internal Medicine Clinic.
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