Abstract
Patients with paraxysmal, atrial or junctional tachycardias represent a common clinical problem. Most regular sustained arrhythmias are reentrant in nature, and may be treated pharmacologically, by ablative techniques (including both catheter-based and surgical methods) or by pacing. Drugs may be ineffective, or cause side effects including proarrhythmias, adverse haemodynamic effects, and both minor and major systemic adverse effects. They may also be inconvenient to take, and many patients dislike taking drugs on a long-term basis. Catheter techniques are in their infancy and may involve the production of complete heart block with the necessity of bradycardia support pacing. Surgical techniques require thoracotomy and usually cardiopulmonary bypass. Antitachycardia pacing represents an alternative method of treatment as implantation is a minor surgical procedure, usually performed under local anaesthesia.
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Nathan, A.W. (1987). Treatment of recurrent supraventricular tachycardias by antitachycardia pacemakers. In: Hilger, H.H., Hombach, V., Rashkind, W.J. (eds) Invasive Cardiovascular Therapy. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4293-6_39
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