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Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest

MedGen UID:
476416
•Concept ID:
C3274783
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Finding

Definition

A cardiac arrest attributed to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVentricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest

Professional guidelines

PubMed

COVID-19 and cardiac arrhythmias: a global perspective on arrhythmia characteristics and management strategies.
Gopinathannair R, Merchant FM, Lakkireddy DR, Etheridge SP, Feigofsky S, Han JK, Kabra R, Natale A, Poe S, Saha SA, Russo AM
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2020 Nov;59(2):329-336. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1007/s10840-020-00789-9. PMID: 32494896Free PMC Article
Sex-Based Disparities in Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest in the United States, 2003-2012.
Kim LK, Looser P, Swaminathan RV, Horowitz J, Friedman O, Shin JH, Minutello RM, Bergman G, Singh H, Wong SC, Feldman DN
J Am Heart Assoc 2016 Jun 22;5(6) doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003704. PMID: 27333880Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Osborn Wave Is Related to Ventricular Fibrillation and Tachycardia in Hypothermic Patients.
Okada N, Matsuyama T, Morita S, Ehara N, Miyamae N, Okada Y, Jo T, Sumida Y, Watanabe M, Nozawa M, Tsuruoka A, Fujimoto Y, Okumura Y, Hamanaka K, Kitamura T, Nishiyama K, Ohta B
Circ J 2020 Feb 25;84(3):445-455. Epub 2020 Jan 30 doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-19-0856. PMID: 31996488
Heart failure as a substrate and trigger for ventricular tachycardia.
Alvarez CK, Cronin E, Baker WL, Kluger J
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2019 Dec;56(3):229-247. Epub 2019 Oct 9 doi: 10.1007/s10840-019-00623-x. PMID: 31598875
2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Al-Khatib SM, Stevenson WG, Ackerman MJ, Bryant WJ, Callans DJ, Curtis AB, Deal BJ, Dickfeld T, Field ME, Fonarow GC, Gillis AM, Granger CB, Hammill SC, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Kay GN, Matlock DD, Myerburg RJ, Page RL
Circulation 2018 Sep 25;138(13):e210-e271. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000548. PMID: 29084733
2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Al-Khatib SM, Stevenson WG, Ackerman MJ, Bryant WJ, Callans DJ, Curtis AB, Deal BJ, Dickfeld T, Field ME, Fonarow GC, Gillis AM, Granger CB, Hammill SC, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Kay GN, Matlock DD, Myerburg RJ, Page RL
Circulation 2018 Sep 25;138(13):e272-e391. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000549. PMID: 29084731
Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sasson C, Rogers MA, Dahl J, Kellermann AL
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 Jan;3(1):63-81. Epub 2009 Nov 10 doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.889576. PMID: 20123673

Diagnosis

Promising Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia.
Mircea AA, Rusu M, Liehn EA, Bucur O
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Oct 20;23(20) doi: 10.3390/ijms232012612. PMID: 36293490Free PMC Article
Latent Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Krahn AD, Tfelt-Hansen J, Tadros R, Steinberg C, Semsarian C, Han HC
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2022 Jun;8(6):806-821. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.12.014. PMID: 35738861
Ventricular Arrhythmias.
Dresen WF, Ferguson JD
Cardiol Clin 2018 Feb;36(1):129-139. Epub 2017 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.08.007. PMID: 29173673
2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Al-Khatib SM, Stevenson WG, Ackerman MJ, Bryant WJ, Callans DJ, Curtis AB, Deal BJ, Dickfeld T, Field ME, Fonarow GC, Gillis AM, Granger CB, Hammill SC, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Kay GN, Matlock DD, Myerburg RJ, Page RL
Circulation 2018 Sep 25;138(13):e210-e271. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000548. PMID: 29084733
2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Al-Khatib SM, Stevenson WG, Ackerman MJ, Bryant WJ, Callans DJ, Curtis AB, Deal BJ, Dickfeld T, Field ME, Fonarow GC, Gillis AM, Granger CB, Hammill SC, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Kay GN, Matlock DD, Myerburg RJ, Page RL
Circulation 2018 Sep 25;138(13):e272-e391. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000549. PMID: 29084731

Therapy

Comparative Effectiveness of Amiodarone and Lidocaine for the Treatment of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Wagner D, Kronick SL, Nawer H, Cranford JA, Bradley SM, Neumar RW
Chest 2023 May;163(5):1109-1119. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.024. PMID: 36332663
The proarrhythmic conundrum of alcohol intake.
Manolis TA, Apostolopoulos EJ, Manolis AA, Melita H, Manolis AS
Trends Cardiovasc Med 2022 May;32(4):237-245. Epub 2021 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.03.003. PMID: 33762184
Heart failure as a substrate and trigger for ventricular tachycardia.
Alvarez CK, Cronin E, Baker WL, Kluger J
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2019 Dec;56(3):229-247. Epub 2019 Oct 9 doi: 10.1007/s10840-019-00623-x. PMID: 31598875
Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals N, Straight R, Dorian P; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators
N Engl J Med 2016 May 5;374(18):1711-22. Epub 2016 Apr 4 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1514204. PMID: 27043165
Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
Srivathsan K, Ng DW, Mookadam F
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2009 Jul;7(7):801-9. doi: 10.1586/erc.09.69. PMID: 19589116

Prognosis

Osborn Wave Is Related to Ventricular Fibrillation and Tachycardia in Hypothermic Patients.
Okada N, Matsuyama T, Morita S, Ehara N, Miyamae N, Okada Y, Jo T, Sumida Y, Watanabe M, Nozawa M, Tsuruoka A, Fujimoto Y, Okumura Y, Hamanaka K, Kitamura T, Nishiyama K, Ohta B
Circ J 2020 Feb 25;84(3):445-455. Epub 2020 Jan 30 doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-19-0856. PMID: 31996488
Variant Angina and Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death.
Kundu A, Vaze A, Sardar P, Nagy A, Aronow WS, Botkin NF
Curr Cardiol Rep 2018 Mar 8;20(4):26. doi: 10.1007/s11886-018-0963-1. PMID: 29520510
Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals N, Straight R, Dorian P; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators
N Engl J Med 2016 May 5;374(18):1711-22. Epub 2016 Apr 4 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1514204. PMID: 27043165
Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sasson C, Rogers MA, Dahl J, Kellermann AL
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 Jan;3(1):63-81. Epub 2009 Nov 10 doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.889576. PMID: 20123673
Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
Srivathsan K, Ng DW, Mookadam F
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2009 Jul;7(7):801-9. doi: 10.1586/erc.09.69. PMID: 19589116

Clinical prediction guides

Comparative Effectiveness of Amiodarone and Lidocaine for the Treatment of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Wagner D, Kronick SL, Nawer H, Cranford JA, Bradley SM, Neumar RW
Chest 2023 May;163(5):1109-1119. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.024. PMID: 36332663
Implantable defibrillators in primary prevention of genetic arrhythmias. A shocking choice?
Corrado D, Link MS, Schwartz PJ
Eur Heart J 2022 Aug 21;43(32):3029-3040. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac298. PMID: 35725934Free PMC Article
The proarrhythmic conundrum of alcohol intake.
Manolis TA, Apostolopoulos EJ, Manolis AA, Melita H, Manolis AS
Trends Cardiovasc Med 2022 May;32(4):237-245. Epub 2021 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.03.003. PMID: 33762184
Epidemiology of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Shimoda-Sakano TM, Schvartsman C, Reis AG
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2020 Jul-Aug;96(4):409-421. Epub 2019 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2019.08.004. PMID: 31580845Free PMC Article
Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sasson C, Rogers MA, Dahl J, Kellermann AL
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 Jan;3(1):63-81. Epub 2009 Nov 10 doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.889576. PMID: 20123673

Recent systematic reviews

Etiologies of In-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Allencherril J, Lee PYK, Khan K, Loya A, Pally A
Resuscitation 2022 Jun;175:88-95. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.03.005. PMID: 35278525
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and cardiac arrhythmias: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Li HL, Lip GYH, Feng Q, Fei Y, Tse YK, Wu MZ, Ren QW, Tse HF, Cheung BY, Yiu KH
Cardiovasc Diabetol 2021 May 7;20(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01293-8. PMID: 33962654Free PMC Article
Total cosine R-to-T for predicting ventricular arrhythmic and mortality outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tse G, Gong M, Wong CW, Chan C, Georgopoulos S, Chan YS, Yan BP, Li G, Whittaker P, Ciobanu A, Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh S, Wong SH, Wu WKK, Bazoukis G, Lampropoulos K, Wong WT, Tse LA, Baranchuk AM, Letsas KP, Liu T; International Health Informatics Study (IHIS) Network
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2018 Mar;23(2):e12495. Epub 2017 Sep 12 doi: 10.1111/anec.12495. PMID: 28901628Free PMC Article
Amiodarone and cardiac arrest: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Laina A, Karlis G, Liakos A, Georgiopoulos G, Oikonomou D, Kouskouni E, Chalkias A, Xanthos T
Int J Cardiol 2016 Oct 15;221:780-8. Epub 2016 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.07.138. PMID: 27434349
Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sasson C, Rogers MA, Dahl J, Kellermann AL
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 Jan;3(1):63-81. Epub 2009 Nov 10 doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.889576. PMID: 20123673

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