Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an atypical heart rhythm that can cause chest pain, fainting, and cardiac arrest. Doctors treat it with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillators, and ...

Pulseless ventricular tachycardia occurs when an abnormally rapid heart rate originating in the heart’s lower chambers makes a pulse undetectable. Emergency cardiac defibrillation is usually necessary ...

We have had several cases in which the presenting rhythm was either unavailable or not communicated to hospital providers. In one case, a 25-year-old patient with a reported pulseless, wide-complex ...

Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is an especially serious heart arrhythmia related to weak or undetectable electrical activity. PEA can be a precursor to sudden cardiac death, so its symptoms ...

Survival after cardiac arrest is perceived as being worse in children than in adults, since pediatric cardiac arrest frequently involves pulseless, nonshockable rhythms that follow circulatory shock ...