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Electrical treatment of tachycardias

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How to face ‘the faces’ of Cardiac Pacing

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 129))

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Abstract

The vast majority of patients with paroxysmal tachycardias, namely supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (SVT), respond to antiarrhythmic drugs. However, since SVT usually have a good prognosis, problems occurring during long-term follow-up, especially the adverse effects of drugs, may lead to the use, in some cases, of nonpharmacological therapies. Finally, some SVT are definitively resistant to any drug combination, and one of the 3 possible nonpharmacological therapies (surgery, ablation, or antitachycardia pacing) has to be chosen. Patients with ventricular tachyarrythmias may also be candidates for a nonpharmacological treatment, surgery, or ablation in the case of ventricular tachycardia (VT), or electrical devices in the case of recurrence, despite antiarrhythmic drug combinations.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, O.L.V. Hospital, Aalst, Belgium

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  2. Department of Cardiology, St Jozef Hospital, Oostende, Belgium

    Roland Stroobandt

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Leclercq, J.F., Denjoy, I., Leenhardt, A., Coumel, P. (1992). Electrical treatment of tachycardias. In: Andries, E., Brugada, P., Stroobandt, R. (eds) How to face ‘the faces’ of Cardiac Pacing. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2582-6_10

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