VT versus SVT with aberrancy
EKG Criteria
Features favoring VT |
Features favoring SVT w/aberrancy |
AV dissociation |
Consistent onset of tachycardia with PACs |
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Fusion/Dressler (capture) beats |
Short RP interval (<0.1 sec) |
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2:1 ventriculoatrial block |
1:1 ventriculoatrial relationship |
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Slightly irregular R-R intervals |
Regular R-R intervals |
| Absence of RS complex in the precordial leads | Triphasic pattern in V1 |
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QRS concordance in the precordial leads similar to normally conducted beats |
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Initial vector of abnormal QRS complex |
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Predominantly negative QRS complexes in V4 - V6 |
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QR complexes present in V2 - V6 |
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R-S width > 100ms in at least one precordial lead |
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QRS duration > 140ms |
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Extreme left superior axis deviation |
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Net area under QRS negative in leads I and II |

MORPHOLOGY CRITERIA
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BRUGADA Criteria for VT


D. Suh 12/13/00