What is ventricular tachycardia?

Ventricular tachycardia is a fast heart rhythm, that originates in one of the ventricles of the heart. This is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia because it may lead to ventricular fibrillation, asystole, and sudden death.

How do members experience ventricular tachycardia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with ventricular tachycardia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for ventricular tachycardia*

*Data from patients with ventricular tachycardia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with ventricular tachycardia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for ventricular tachycardia (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
ventricular tachycardia (1)

*Data from patients with ventricular tachycardia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has ventricular tachycardia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 5
30s 28
40s 40
50s 60
60s 53
70+ 41

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 70
Female 158