Ventricular Tachycardia with a Significant Drop in the Arterial Blood Pressure

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On this page, the patient has a ventricular pacemaker.  He has a long run of VT with a significant drop in his arterial blood pressure.  This strip shows why a person can become hemodynamically unstable with VT.


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