# Ventricular Tachycardia - Author: **Johns Hopkins Medicine** - Document Tags: [[Ventricular Tachycardia]] - [URL link](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/ventricular-tachycardia)  ## Highlights causes ventricular tachycardia? — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcvx4c5rtxped5ma9q4zpc)) --- Structural Heart Disease — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcvya0ctk9wjx2xk7p76pr)) ^fb8494 --- Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Sometimes, people with no known heart disease can develop ventricular tachycardia, often due to an **irritable focus** — when cells outside the sinus node start generating an electrical impulse automatically on their own. This form of ventricular tachycardia is easier to address and is usually not life threatening. — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcsvyr39dbtgk26vhhzjzx)) ^0836cb --- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcsxgznnk5tkmq639ha8aw)) ^355534 --- (CPVT) is a genetic condition — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcwmqgh47sxm4syk4rk638)) --- due to the lack of blood pumped to the body — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcww80bmzbd63phjmgcrgb)) --- This inherited disease is common in individuals who have a family history of [syncope](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/syncope-fainting), also known as fainting. — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcs67t45p76mnzz3n12ck3)) --- [**Radiofrequency ablation**](http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/cardiovascular/catheter_ablation_135,45/): a minimally invasive procedure to destroy the cells that cause ventricular tachycardia; less effective when there is structural heart disease — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcp3yz7bfz9zrkv0v3r9y6)) ^27ab0c --- [**Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)**](http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/cardiovascular_diseases/pacemakers_and_implantable_cardioverter_defibrillators_icds_85,P00233/): — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcpfntzzznvsx38pv2h7x0)) ^dcd66f --- **Medication**: A number of antiarrhythmic medications are used to prevent ventricular tachycardia. These include: • Sotolol • Flecainide • Propafenone • Amiodarone — ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdqcpa3ws1brc0c8d94rztg8)) ^56e0d4 ---