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Can you defibrillate any patient in ventricular tachycardia?
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Yes : Yes but only when the tachycardia is fast and not tolerated . But the electric current has to be synchronized with the heart beat.This is most appropriately called cardioversion than defibrillation the latter being unsynchronized electric shock for ventricular fibrillation which is a chaotic ineffective rhythm.
Answered 4/17/2014
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