Is Ventricular Tachycardia Related To My Prior Heart Attack?

— -- Question: I have had two heart attacks before and now have been diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia. Is the ventricular tachycardia related to my prior heart attack?

Answer :Most of the time, when we see patients with ventricular tachycardia in practice that have had heart attacks, this ventricular tachycardia uses the scar as part of their mechanism.

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In these patients, indeed, because this ventricular tachycardia comes back frequently, these patients normally will need a defibrillator that will then keep them alive. So we are very concerned about patients with ventricular tachycardia if they have had prior heart attacks.