ECG: Ventricular Tachycardia

An ECG strip shows the presence of ventricular tachycardia, which is one type of a rapid heartbeat. Ventricular tachycardia is indicated by a series of repeating wide uncoordinated spikes. A normal ECG strip is shown at the bottom for comparison.

(From D Dubin, Rapid Interpretation of EKGs, 1996, Cover Inc., p. 95, 151; with permission.)