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Selection of Patients with Recurrence of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias for Electrical Studies
Author(s) -
HOROWITZ LEONARD N.,
SPIELMAN SCOTT R.,
GREENSPAN ALLAN M.,
WEBB CHARLES R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb04943.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , electrophysiologic study , supraventricular tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , supraventricular arrhythmia , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation
Clinical cardiac electrophysiologic testing has been employed in the evaluation and treatment of patients with tachyarrhythmias. In patients with recurrent supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, electrophysiologic study is indicated when the arrhythmia is life‐threatening or significantly disruptive to lifestyle, when empiric therapy has failed to control the arrhythmia, or when supraventricular tachycardia complicates the Wolff‐Piarkinson‐White syndrome. In patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias, electrophysiologic study should be undertaken when life‐threatening sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias are documented or where a substantial risk of developing these arrhythmias is noted.