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Supraventricular tachycardia is any tachyarrhythmia that requires atrial or atrioventricular junctional tissue for its initiation and maintenance. Decades ago the term "paroxysmal atrial tachycardia" was coined to describe supraventricular tachycardia that began and ended abruptly. This term has become obsolete, however, since it is now clear that many such arrhythmias arise in the atrioventricular junction, not in atrial muscle itself. Much of our present knowledge about the sites of origin and mechanisms of supraventricular tachycardia has been derived from cellular electrophysiologic studies and from clinical electrophysiologic studies using the technique of programmed electrical stimulation.^1,2 We have learned that such arrhythmias . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mechanisms of Supraventricular Tachycardia

Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

Supraventricular Tachycardia Mediated by Accessory Pathways

Nonparoxysmal Junctional Tachycardia

Sinus-Node Reentrant Tachycardia

Unifocal Atrial Tachycardia

Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia

Initial Management

Differential Diagnosis

Therapy

Long-Term Medical Therapy

Catheter Ablation

Recommendations for Management

Source Information

From the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Friedman at the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.

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