VT

Question 1

VT can happen

Answer 1

Almost anywhere in the RV and LV

Question 2

VT may appear as a focal mechanism in the normal healthy heart

Answer 2

Idiopathic VT

Question 3

VT may appear as a reentrant pathway in patients with scar tissue called

Answer 3

Ischemic VT

Question 4

Most common locations for idiopathic VT are

Answer 4

RVOT
LVOT
Aortic valve cusps
LV papillary muscles

Question 5

Ischemic VT common locations are

Answer 5

Scar tissue of LV caused by previous MI

Question 6

Dissociation is

Answer 6

When the SA node continues to fire despite what the ventricle is doing

Question 7

Ischemic VT is what mechanism

Answer 7

Reentrant

Two pathways are healthy tissue and low voltage tissue (scar)