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V Tach - Ventricular Tachycardia


Symptoms & Signs

What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?

If an episode of ventricular tachycardia is brief, the person may have no symptoms. Other times, the individual may notice palpitations, or an unusual awareness of the heart beating in the chest. He or she may have a brief period of lightheadedness.

If the VT continues, the person may show the following symptoms:

  • anxiety or agitation
  • chest pain
  • excessive sweating
  • lethargy or even coma
  • palpitations, or an unusual awareness of the heart beating in the chest
  • shortness of breath

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