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What Causes Ventricular Tachycardia?
I've had two episodes of ventricular tachycardia. I wasn't drinking during either incident, but do drink on weekends occasionally. I had the catheter ablation surgery and a week later, had my second episode. Coincidently, I started prozac ten days before the first attack where I had to be converted with the cardia pads. I"m only 39, I do not smoke and was running 15 to 20 miles a week. I don't get what could be causing it.
Fri, 24 Feb 2017
Hi,
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an abnormally fast rhythm that originates from ventricles (which are the bigger chamber in heart )
it may be due to many reasons. common causes are IHD (Past heart attack ) channelopathies (abnormalities in ion channels of heart muscles) myocarditis (viral infection of heart ) or may be idiopathic (without any cause)
it may also occur in absolutely normal heart . in such patients it's treatable by catheter ablation or may need an ICD implantation.
in few pts it may also be caused by few drugs where it's called Torsades De pointes (TdP) .
I suggest you have consult your cardiologist or better an electrophysiologist who will clearly give you the reason of VT in you.
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an abnormally fast rhythm that originates from ventricles (which are the bigger chamber in heart )
it may be due to many reasons. common causes are IHD (Past heart attack ) channelopathies (abnormalities in ion channels of heart muscles) myocarditis (viral infection of heart ) or may be idiopathic (without any cause)
it may also occur in absolutely normal heart . in such patients it's treatable by catheter ablation or may need an ICD implantation.
in few pts it may also be caused by few drugs where it's called Torsades De pointes (TdP) .
I suggest you have consult your cardiologist or better an electrophysiologist who will clearly give you the reason of VT in you.
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