Termination of reciprocating tachycardia by atrial stimulation

Recurrent tachycardia in a 10-year-old child with acute rheumatic carditis was interpreted as being produced by a reciprocating (circus) mechanism involving either the normal atrioventricular pathway or the anomalous pathway of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The tachycardia could be stopped by...

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1967-11, Vol.36 (5), p.637-643
Main Authors: Massumi, R A, Kistin, A D, Tawakkol, A A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Electric Stimulation
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Atria
Heart Conduction System
Humans
Rheumatic Heart Disease - complications
Tachycardia, Paroxysmal - etiology
Tachycardia, Paroxysmal - therapy
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - complications
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Summary:Recurrent tachycardia in a 10-year-old child with acute rheumatic carditis was interpreted as being produced by a reciprocating (circus) mechanism involving either the normal atrioventricular pathway or the anomalous pathway of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The tachycardia could be stopped by appropriately timed, electrically induced, atrial premature systoles, which apparently interrupted the circus movement.
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.36.5.637