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Ventricular Tachycardia
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis uncommon
Linked signs and symptoms
10Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
3Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
2Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Alternative medicine
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
3These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
3This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
3- 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10.5–14 µmol/gLinked diagnostic tests12, 3 Diphosphoglycerate (2
- FibrinogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 150–400 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrinogen Concentration test
- PlateletsReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 150–450 109/L; Adult ( > 16y): 135–380 109/LLinked diagnostic tests1Platelet Count
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Ventricular Tachycardia
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Mistletoe (Iscador, Viscum Album) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. WARNING: The mistletoe plant should NOT be eaten because it is poisonous. May cause seizures, coma and death. It should only be taken as a purified mistletoe extract, and only in recommended doses.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that mistletoe has any affect on the treatment of tachycardia)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/mistletoe
3. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/mistletoe/ataglance.htm
4. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002883.htm
5. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mistle40.html
6. http://www.bmj.com/content/333/7582/1293.full?ijkey=56e55886cc53e0c478801e74001edc3bea1c322e&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
7. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/760963-overview
8. http://www.ivillage.com/ventricular-tachycardia/4-y-93143
9. http://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/conditions/ventricular_tachycardia/
10. http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000187.htm
11. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/159075-overview
12. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch027/ch027g.html#sec03-ch027-ch027g-544
13. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=64
14. http://www.ihealthdirectory.com/ventricular-tachycardia/
15. http://nyp.org/health/ventricular-tachycardia-fibrillation.html
16. http://www.biosensewebster.com/patienteducation/ventricular-tachycardia.aspx
17. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000187.htm
18. Olgin JE, Zipes DP. Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP. Libby: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 35.
19. Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NA 3rd, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, et al. ACC/AHA,HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC?AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices): developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Circulation. 117:e350-e408.