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Entrainment and Its Value in Arrhythmia Diagnosis

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A patient presented with typical atrial flutter; however, during ablation, a change in cycle length prompted recognition of a change in the arrhythmia mechanism. Entrainment maneuvers proved critical in identifying the rhythm mechanism and appropriate subsequent ablation strategy.

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  1. Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Isaac R. Whitman & Joshua M. Cooper

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  1. N. IH 35 3000, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA

    Andrea Natale

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Paul J. Wang

  3. Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Austin, TX, USA

    Amin Al-Ahmad

  4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    N. A. Mark Estes

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Whitman, I.R., Cooper, J.M. (2020). Entrainment and Its Value in Arrhythmia Diagnosis. In: Natale, A., Wang, P., Al-Ahmad, A., Estes, N. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28533-3_37

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