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So-called “sinus node reentrant tachycardia” (SNRT) looks like a vanishing arrhythmia. In pre-ablation era textbooks and articles, it was reported to represent a significant proportion of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ranging from 3.2% to 16.9% of patients with supraventricular tachycardia1–3. There is the impression however that the reported incidence is lower in more recent papers since there are only few reports, each with few patients, on SNRT or its treatment by radiofrequency catheter ablation3–7. Another illustration is the complete absence of abstracts dealing with this arrhythmia during the NASPE meeting of May 1997 and only a single presentation during the 1996 meeting.
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Heidbüchel, H. (1998). Sinus Node Reentrant Tachycardia Versus Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia: Where Lies the Difference?. In: Vardas, P.E. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing & Electrophysiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 201. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5254-9_1
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