He presented to urgent care and was found to be in wide complex tachycardia at the rate of about 200 bpm (Figure 1). The patient was given diltiazem intravenously and converted to atrial flutter ...

Ventricular tachycardia refers to a wide QRS complex heart rhythm — that is ... asystole and sudden cardiac death can occur soon after ventricular tachycardia if action is not taken immediately.

Atrioventricular (AV) dissociation occurs in complete heart block (third-degree AV block) and ventricular tachycardia. Treat a wide-complex ... appearance just after the QRS complex.