ABC of clinical electrocardiography. Junctional tachycardias.
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Any tachyarrhythmia arising from the atria or the atrioventricular junction is a supraventricular tachycardia. In clinical practice, however, the term supraventricular tachycardia is reserved for atrial tachycardias and arrhythmias arising from the region of the atrioventricular junction as a result of a re-entry mechanism (junctional tachycardias). The most common junctional tachycardias are atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia and atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 324 7338 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002