# Ventricular Tachycardia - Author: **cedars-sinai.org** - Document Tags: [[ventricular tachycardia]] - [URL link](https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/v/ventricular-tachycardia-1.html)  ## Highlights - No treatment may be needed if: • You don’t have underlying heart disease • You're not having difficult symptoms • Your VT episodes don’t last a long time - Note: at least 2/3 if not 3/3 ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqd7j5ynydmzz9dhvqxsbd1)) --- - might prescribe medicine (a beta-blocker, calcium channel blocker, or antiarrhythmic medicine) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqd8740s91q95jbrqgn07gb)) --- - ICD (implantable cardiac defibrillator) - Note: likely will have this path ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqd8x2cpnz7xk4e0crt4t7j)) --- - Or if you have another condition that makes you more likely to have more episodes of VT. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqd9f9384hca8mp401th0b5)) --- - It's connected to your heart with wires. When an abnormal heartbeat occurs, the ICD can overdrive pace the VT to stop it. Or if needed, the ICD can send an electric shock to restore your normal heartbeat. Newer ICDs can be implanted just below the left armpit. This is done using a wire that's tunneled over the sternum instead of inside the heart. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqd9vadhv1936tp9v0ct8vb)) --- - For some people, caffeine or alcohol can be a trigger for VT episodes. Don't take these things if they affect your VT - Note: only a concern if triggers VT ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqdb6za9eghegj302btkzt2)) ---