From: DailyQuestion@...

Date: March 31, 2009 2:12:50 PM GMT+03:00

To: glennskow@...

Subject: EMedHome Question of the Day

The EMedHome Question of the Day is:

What differentiates nonsustained ventricular tachycardia as opposed to sustained VT?

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The Answer is:

NSVT terminates spontaneously without hemodynamic compromise. Sustained VT lasts > 30 seconds, requires an intervention for termination or produces severe hemodynamic compromise or syncope before terminating spontaneously (Mayo Clin Proc, 3/09).


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