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ECG Differential Diagnosis of
Wide QRS Tachycardia, or
Wide Complex Tachycardia
(WCT)
Joe M. Moody, Jr. MD
July 2007
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17, 18
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Wide QRS Tachycardia
Regular:
• Monomorphic VT
• SVT
– aberrancy
– prior IVCD or BBB
– accessory pathway
(antidromic AVRT)
Irregular:
• Atrial fibrillation
– aberrancy
– prior IVCD or BBB
– accessory pathway
(rate >220 or
RR<250msec)
• Polymorphic VT
• Torsades de Pointes
Definition: rate ≥120 and QRS ≥0.12 sec
(but 5% of VTs are QRS 0.11 or less)
Surawicz, 2001, Ch 18, p. 427.
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Determining the type of WCT
• Primary diagnostic tool: ECG
• Adjunctive tools
– Physical examination
• Variable S1, Intermittent cannon A waves
– Intracardiac electrogram rarely used acutely
– AV nodal blocking agents or maneuvers
• CSM, adenosine, others (esmolol)
– Therapeutic trial of antiarrhythmic agent
Question 2: What is the rhythm?
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ECG Diagnosis of Regular WCT –
AV Relationships
• (“Cherchez le P”)
• Independent P waves (complete
AV dissociation)
• 2:1 VA conduction (best in V1)
• 1:1 VA conduction with short R-P
interval (not conclusive)
• Fusion beat or capture (Dressler)
beat
Clinical status
usually not
helpful to
distinguish
between VT and
SVT with
aberrancy
Hurst, 1998, p. 912
Question 2: What is the rhythm?
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• QRS duration >0.14 favors VT and QRS
axis < -30 favors VT, neither is conclusive,
especially if SVT with preexisting BBB or
if antidromic WPW
• Concordant positive or negative in V1-6
strongly favors VT
• Polymorphic tachycardia usually VT,
exclude AF with WPW and multiple tracts
ECG Diagnosis of Regular
WCT – QRS Morphology
Question 2: What is the rhythm?
Hurst, 1998, p. 912
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• RBBB in V1 favoring VT:
– monophasic R or qR
– triphasic favors aberrancy
• In V1 favoring VT:
– R taller than sinus, wider than 30 msec
– S with notched downslope or > 70msec to nadir
• In V6 favoring VT:
– R/S <1, or qR or QS pattern
ECG Diagnosis of Regular WCT - 2
Question 2: What is the rhythm?
Hurst, 1998, p. 912
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• Favors VT: LBBB pattern with RAD
• Bidirectional tachycardia usually VT if regular, SVT if paired beats
• Caveat: VT can be relatively narrow, even narrower than the patient’s native BBB beats
• VT usually < 220 BPM, unless ischemic or reperfusion (or bundle branch reentry), which may be 250-280
ECG Diagnosis of Regular WCT - 3
Question 2: What is the rhythm?
Hurst, 1998, p. 912
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Ventricular Tachycardia
Terminology
• Sustained - >30 sec
• Nonsustained - ≥ 3 spontaneous beats, or
≥ 6 induced beats
• HR 120-200 ventricular tachycardia
• (HR 110-120 ventricular tachycardia)
• HR <110 accelerated ventricular rhythm
• HR >200 (SCD guidelines say >300)
ventricular flutter
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17
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Sustained Monomorphic VT
• Rate usually 140-200
• Regular in over 90% of cases– Irregularity up to maybe 0.29 sec in RR interval,
average difference between longest and shortest RR is 0.13 sec, more irregular at start and stop, longest interval is often first or last
• Most often initiated by PVC, but PAC also possible initiator; R-on-T in only 13%, actually prematurity of PVC initiating VT is generally longer than the usual PVC in that patient; initiating PVC may be different from VT morphology or identical to it
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17
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Sustained Monomorphic VT
• AV Dissociation: retrograde conduction
may occur 1:1 in 25 - 50%, VA conduction
with variable block in 15 - 20%, and AV
dissociation in 35%, less VA conduction if
VT is rapid (15% if rate 200)
• Ventricular capture or fusion (“Dressler”
beats) are occasionally present – maybe
5% of VT
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17
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Localizing Site of VT
• RBBB probably comes from LV
• LBBB probably comes from RV if no heart
disease, but may be from LV if heart disease
such as DCM or ischemia
• Q in I and V6 anterior septal origin, not basal
or posterior septal
• R in I, V1 and V2 likely posterior origin
• Superior axis probably comes from near apex
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17
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Causes of LBBB
Morphology in VT
• Can be LV tachycardia if CAD or DCM
• RV cardiomyopathy (ARVD –
arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia)
• Uhl’s anomaly (parchment RV)
• Tetralogy of Fallot postoperative
• No structural heart disease
Surawicz, B. 2001. Ch 17
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Underlying Structure or Function
• Coronary disease• Acute MI / Chronic
• LVH• Secondary / HCM
• Myopathy• DCM (RV, LV)
• Inflammatory
• Infiltrative
• Primary electrical• Diseased pathways
Question 3: What is the underlying structural or functional problem?
• Coronary flow changes• vasomotion
• ischemia/reperfusion
• Systemic factors• Hemodynamic problems
• O2, pH, electrolyte
• Neurophysiologic
• Toxic• Proarrhythmic
• Cardiotoxic
Hurst, 1998, p. 879
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Primary vs Secondary Arrhythmia
• Primary: the cause is the cardiac disease
process, so treatment is directed at the
arrhythmia with secondary attention to the
disease process.
• Secondary: the cause is the hemodynamic
or metabolic abnormality, so treatment is
directed at the primary problem, with
secondary role of antiarrhythmic agents.
Question 4: Is the problem primary or secondary?
Hurst, 1998, p. 878
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Management Depends on
Diagnosis
• What is the clinical significance of
rhythm?
• What is the rhythm?
• What is the underlying structural
problem or the functional factors?
• Is the problem Primary or
Secondary?
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Overview of Approaches to
Arrhythmia Management
• General systemic
support
– Vital Support
– Milieu control
• Electropharmacologic
therapy
– Control triggers
– Control sustained
arrhythmia
• Catheter ablation
• Surgery
– Antiarrhythmic
– Antiischemic
– Structural repair
• Device application
– Acute (Cversion,
Defib, temp pacer)
– Chronic (pacer, ICD)
Hurst, 1998, p. 877
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Overview of Acute
Approaches to Arrhythmia
Management• General systemic
support
– Vital Support
– Milieu control
• Electropharmacologic
therapy
– Control triggers
– Control sustained
arrhythmia
• Catheter ablation
• Surgery
– Antiarrhythmic
– Antiischemic
– Structural repair
• Device application
– Acute (Cversion,
Defib, temp pacer)
– Chronic (pacer, ICD)
Hurst, 1998, p. 877
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Management of PVC’s
• No structural disease:• Reassure
• Low-dose beta-blockade
or anxiolytic
• MVP: same
• Acute syndromes• no prophylaxis
• Ischemia or reperfusion -
lidocaine
• Myocarditis/pericarditis -
oral agents > 2 months
• Chronic disease• beta-blockade
• ?amiodarone
• other agents
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Management of Ventricular
Tachycardia
• Nonsustained VT, similar to PVC’s, but
higher risk… ultimately possibly ICD
• Repetitive monomorphic VT• possibly RVOT tachycardia
• poss Ca++ blockade or beta blockade (no
structural disease)
• Sustained VT - cardiovert if
ischemia/infarction, poor CNS perfusion
Hurst, 1998, p. 878
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Management of VT - 2
• Amiodarone 150 mg over 10 min, then 1
mg/min for 6 h, then 0.5 mg/min for 18h
• Procainamide 0.2-0.5 mg/kg/min to 500-
1000 mg, 2-6 mg/min
• Lidocaine 1-2 mg/kg bolus over 2-5 min,
repeat ½ in 20-40 min, 1-4 mg/min (“often
ineffective”) - lower if shock or low-output
(reduced hepatic blood flow)
• Sotalol (?not available IV in USA)
Braunwald, 2005, p. 723, 843.
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Management of VT - 3
• Bundle branch reentry• cure by RBB ablation
• Catecholamine/metabolic mediated VT• initiate with isoproterenol, stress
• suppress with beta-blockade
• some may suppress with Ca++ blockade
• RV cardiomyopathy
• VT after congenital heart surgery
– Tetralogy of Fallot, TGA
• Bidirectional VT – may be digitalis toxicity
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Management of
Torsades de Pointes
– prolonged QT in sinus
rhythm
– VT morphology
– Congenital, several
types
– Acquired
• Class IA, class III
• Worsen: low K, low Mg
• Phenothiazine,
antibiotic, pentamidine,
cocaine, terfenadine
• Magnesium SO4 2
gm IV over 2 min,
then 2 -20 mg/min
• Overdrive pacing
• Isoproterenol (avoid
in ischemia)
• Lidocaine
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Management of VF
• Defibrillation
• ACLS
• Amiodarone is an option
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WCT Case - 1
• 61 yo, assaulted, orbital fracture,
subsequent dietary supplements,
subsequent GI upset, then racing heart,
dyspnea, vomiting
• Pulse 200, 125/75, resp 22, jvp 14,
lungs clear, heart sounds normal but
rapid
• ECG QRS duration 125 msec
NEJM 2000; 342:1979.
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WCT Case 1
NEJM 2000; 342:1979.
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WCT Case 1
AV dissociation?
LBBB configuration
Native sinus QRS is narrow with left axis deviation
Onset R to
nadir S >100msEcho: reduced EF
LBBB and LAD suggest origin inferior wall
of RV or IVS
NEJM 2000; 342:1979.
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Monomorphic VT - 3 Types
• Focal origin
– RVOT VT
– LVOT VT
– LV VT verapamil sens
• Bundle-branch
reentry
– conduction system
– cardiomyopathy
– valvular disease
– muscular dystrophy
– CAD
• Scar-related reentry
– healed MI
– RV cardiomyopathy
– DCM
– Sarcoidosis
– Scleroderma
– Giant-cell
myocarditis
– Healed incision
– repaired Tetralogy
NEJM 2000; 342:1983.
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Case 2
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P waves
Sinus tachycardia, dramatic transmural injury
Case 2
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Case 3
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Case 3
Atrial Flutter, LBBB, prolonged QT best in V3
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Case 3
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“Long-short”, provokes even more prolonged QT
Set up for VT/VF
Torsade de Pointes
Case 3
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Sinus rhythm after defibrillation
Case 3
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Case 4
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Frequently Torsade is preceded by bigeminy
Case 4
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Case 5
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Atrial fibrillation and nonsustained VT, wide QRS on native beats
Case 5
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Case 6
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Sinus rhythm with narrow QRS, late PVC, with NSVT
with retrograde conduction
Case 6
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Case 7
April 2000
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Acute ischemia
Case 7April 2000
Nonsustained VT, not exactly monomorphic,
baseline atrial fibrillation
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Baseline ECG 14 hr prior
Case 7April 2000
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Baseline ECG 1 da prior
Case 7April 2000
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Case 831 March 2000
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Case 8April 11, 2000, 08:15:11
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Baseline ECG shows inferior injury and then polymorphic VT
Case 8April 11, 2000, 08:15:11
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Case 8April 11, 2000, 08:15:41
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Case 8
Same patient few seconds later, better polymorphic VT
April 11, 2000, 08:15:41
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Case 84 days later, 15 April 2000
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Case 9February 1988
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Case 9February 1988
Sustained VT, baseline sinus rhythm showed
Inferior MI and normal QRS duration
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Same patient with inferior MI and normal QRS duration
Case 9
6 mo prior to Feb 1988
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Case 10Mar 1986
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Sustained VT, with baseline ECG showing QRS duration of
0.11 sec and inferior MI, probably recent
Case 10Mar 1986
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Baseline 6 mo prior
Case 10Mar 1986
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Case 11
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Sustained VT 23 Nov 1997, rate 202, QRS duration 0.17
Baseline ECG: inferolateral MI with QRS0.12 and LAE
Case 11
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Sustained VT 1 Dec 1997, rate 164, QRS duration 0.20
Case 11
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Baseline ECG with anterolateral MI, LAE, QRS 0.12
Case 11
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Case 12
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21 year old man with clear AV dissociation
What is expected on physical examination? Case 12
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21 year old man – second episode Case 12
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Baseline ECG from 21 year old man with VT, shows
repolarization abnormality
Case 12
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Case 13
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Initiation and termination of Torsade
Case 13
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Torsades
VT/VF
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AIVR without significant pulse
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Case 14
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Rapid monomorphic sustained VT
Case 14
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Case 1529 yo man post surgery for VSD and Tetralogy, seizure
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Inducible on second EPS
Rapid monomorphic Sustained VT - received ICD
Case 15
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4 minutes after conversion: Injury pattern
Case 15
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Several hours after conversion: sinus tachycardia
Case 15
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Case 16
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Sinus tachycardia and hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia can also mimic ST elevation of acute MI
Case 16
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Case 17
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Very irregular WCT, looks like VT, but so irregular
Wonder about Afib but no fib waves
Case 17
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Baseline ECG shows WPW pattern, not on all
tracings.
Case 17
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Case 18
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Case 18WCT from WPW and sinus tachycardia
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Case 19Sept 1998, rate 264
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Case 19Sept 1998, 50 minutes later
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Case 20October 1987, rate 160
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Case 20October 1987, 2 hr later
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Case 20October 1987, 5 da prior
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Case 21Sept 2005, rate 148
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Case 21Sept 2005
WCT with 1:1 VA conduction
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Case 21Sept 2005, 2 hr later
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Case 22June 1998
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Case 22June 1998, 35 minutes later