Table 2: ECG Criteria in the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines Suggest Ventricular Rather Than Supraventricular Tachycardia in Wide Complex Tachycardia.
| Atrioventricular dissociation | Ventricular rate > atrial rate |
|---|---|
| Fusion/capture beats | Different QRS morphology from that of tachycardia |
| Chest lead negative concordance | All precordial chest leads negative |
| RS in precordial leads |
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| QRS complex in aVR |
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| QRS axis −90° to ± 180° | Both in the presence of right and left bundle branch block morphology |
| R wave peak time in lead II | R wave peak time ≥50 ms |
| Right bundle branch block morphology | Lead V1: Monophasic R, rsR’, biphasic qR complex, broad R (>40 ms), and a double-peaked R wave with the left peak taller than the right (the so-called rabbit ear sign) Lead V6: R:S ratio <1 (rS, QS patterns) |
| Left bundle branch block morphology | Lead V1: Broad R wave, slurred or notched down stroke of the S wave and delayed nadir of S wave Lead V6: Q or QS wave |
*RS = beginning of R to deepest part of S. Source: Brugada et al. 2019.[1] Reproduced with permission from Oxford University Press.