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. 2012 Sep;1(1):39–45. doi: 10.15420/aer.2012.1.39

Table 1: Proposed Electrocardiogram Criteria and Cut-offs for Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Origin.

ECG criteria Interval criteria Abbreviation Explanation Cut-off
Interval criteria      
QRS duration QRSd Interval measured from the earliest ventricular activation to the offset of the QRS in the precordial leads. No cut-off proposed
Pseudo-delta wave PdW Interval measured from the earliest ventricular activation to the onset of the earliest fast deflection in any precordial lead ≥34 ms
Intrinsicoid deflection time IDT Interval measured from the earliest ventricular activation to the peak of the R wave in lead V2 ≥85 ms
Shortest RS complex SRS Interval measured from the earliest ventricular activation to the nadir of the first S wave in any precordial lead ≥121 ms
Maximum deflection index MDI Interval measured from the earliest ventricular activation to the peak of the largest amplitude deflection in each precordial lead (taking the lead with shortest time) divided by the QRSd ≥55
Morphology criteria (site-specific)      
Q wave in lead 1 QWL1 Q wave in lead 1 during VT  
Q wave in inferior leads QWIL Q wave in inferior leads during VT  
No Q wave in inferior leads NQWIL No Q wave in inferior leads during VT  
QS in lead V2 QSV2 QS complex in lead V2 during VT