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Wide-QRS Tachycardia (VT) — Management Pathway · case challenge

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Wide-QRS tachycardia — stable or unstable?

💡 Wide-QRS (≥0.12 s) tachycardia is treated as VT by default (treat as VT when in doubt). Unstable signs: hypotension/shock, altered consciousness, ischemic chest pain, acute heart failure. Check the pulse first: pulseless → manage as cardiac arrest (CPR + defibrillation).

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