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=Introduction=
Tachycardia's are arranged as follows;
Tachycardia's are arranged as follows;


'''Supra-ventricular tachycardia'''
=Supra-ventricular tachycardia=
* Atrial arrhythmias
==Atrial arrhythmias==
** Sinus Tachycardia
==Sinus Tachycardia==
** Atrial Tachycardia
==Atrial Tachycardia==
** Atrial Flutter
==Atrial Flutter==
** Atrial Fibrillation
==Atrial Fibrillation==
Pathophysiology
===Pathophysiology===
Patient characteristics
===Patient characteristics===
History
===History===
Physical Examination
===Physical Examination===
Investigations
===Investigations===
Differential diagnosis
===Differential diagnosis===
Treatment and Follow up
===Treatment and Follow up===
Prognosis
===Prognosis===
* AV node arrhythmias
 
** AV junctional tachycardia
=AV node arrhythmias=
** AVNRT
==AV junctional tachycardia==
** AVRT
==AVNRT==
==AVRT==


'''Ventricular tachycardia'''
=Ventricular tachycardia=
* Ventricular tachycardia
==Ventricular tachycardia==
* Ventricular flutter
==Ventricular flutter==
* Ventricular fibrillation
==Ventricular fibrillation==
* Torsade de Pointes
==Torsade de Pointes==


'''Differentiation between SVT and VT'''
=Differentiation between SVT and VT=

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Introduction

Tachycardia's are arranged as follows;

Supra-ventricular tachycardia

Atrial arrhythmias

Sinus Tachycardia

Atrial Tachycardia

Atrial Flutter

Atrial Fibrillation

Pathophysiology

Patient characteristics

History

Physical Examination

Investigations

Differential diagnosis

Treatment and Follow up

Prognosis

AV node arrhythmias

AV junctional tachycardia

AVNRT

AVRT

Ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular flutter

Ventricular fibrillation

Torsade de Pointes

Differentiation between SVT and VT