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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
An unusual case is presented in which ventricular tachycardia at a rate of 141 beats/min was transiently entrained by rapid atrial pacing at rates of 150, 155 and 160 beats/min, and was interrupted by rapid atrial pacing at a rate of 165 beats/min. During each period of transient entrainment, constant ventricular fusion beats were present except for the last entrained beat, and progressive ventricular fusion (different fusion QRS complexes) was demonstrated when comparing QRS complex configurations during transient entrainment at each pacing rate. Interruption of the ventricular tachycardia was associated with localized conduction block to the right ventricular recording site, followed by activation of that site from a different direction and with a shorter conduction time by the subsequent pacing impulse. These data clearly distinguish transient entrainment of a tachycardia from overdrive suppression of a tachycardia, and strongly suggest that reentry was the underlying mechanism of the ventricular tachycardia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0735-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
422-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Demonstration of the mechanism of transient entrainment and interruption of ventricular tachycardia with rapid atrial pacing.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports