Diseases

Polymorphic Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia

An arrhythmogenic disorder of the heart characterized by irregular heart rhythms in response to physical activity, stress, or catecholamine infusion, often transitioning into VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

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An arrhythmogenic disorder of the heart characterized by irregular heart rhythms in response to physical activity, stress, or catecholamine infusion, often transitioning into VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

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  • Bidirectional Tachycardia Induced By Catecholamines
  • Catecholamine-Induced Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
  • Polymorphic Catecholergic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Ventricular Tachycardia, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic, 1
  • Cpvt2
  • Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Stress-Induced Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Ventricular Tachycardia, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic, 2
  • Ventricular Tachycardia, Familial
  • Ventricular Tachycardia, Familial Polymorphic
  • Cpvt2s
  • Familial Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Familial Ventricular Tachycardias
  • Tachycardia, Familial Ventricular
  • Tachycardias, Familial Ventricular
  • Ventricular Tachycardias, Familial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2025 (2010)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polymorphic Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098850. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098850
  2. Polymorphic Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catecholaminergic_polymorphic_ventricular_tachycardia
  3. Polymorphic Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1649897