Clinical differentiation of narrow QRS complex tachycardias

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-330

  Xie, B ^a   Thakur, R K ^a   Shah, C P ^a   Hoon, V K ^a  

^a Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; VERAPAMIL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUSHING; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; P WAVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031800156     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70005-5     Document Type: Article

References (81)

1. M. Akhtar A.N. Damato J.N. Ruskin Antegrade and retrograde conduction characteristics in three patterns of paroxysmal atrioventricular junctional reentrant tachycardia Am Heart J 95 1978 22
2. M. Akhtar Supraventricular tachycardias. Electrophysiologic mechanisms: Diagnosis and pharmacological therapy Josephson M.E. Wellens H.J.J. Tachycardias: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, Treatment 1984 Lea&Febiger Philadelphia 137
3. A. Auricchio H. Klein H.J. Trappe Lack of prognostic value of syncope in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome J Am Coll Cardiol 17 1991 152 158
4. F.W. Bar P. Brugada W.R.M. Dassen Differential diagnosis of tachycardia with narrow QRS complex (shorter than 0.12 second) Am J Cardiol 54 1984 555 561
5. R. Bauernfeind F. Amat-Y-Leon R. Dhingra Chronic nonparoxysmal sinus tachycardia in otherwise healthy persons Ann Intern Med 91 1979 702 710
6. S. Bellet Clinical disorders of the heart beat 1963 Lea&Febiger Philadelphia 144 145
7. P. Brugada H.J.J. Wellens The role of triggered activity in clinical ventricular arrhythmias PACE 7 1984 260
8. H. Calkins J. Langberg J. Sousa Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular connections in 250 patients: Abbreviated therapeutic approach to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Circulation 85 1992 1337 1346
9. H. Calkins J. Souse R. El-Atassi Diagnosis and cure of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias during a single electrophysiologic test N Engl J Med 324 1991 1612 1618
10. A.J. Camm The recognition and management of tachyarrhythmias Julian D.G. Camm A.J. Fox K.M. Diseases of the Heart 1989 Bailliere-Tindall London 509 583
11. S.A. Chen C.E. Chiang C.J. Yang Radiofrequency catheter ablation of sustained intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia in adult patients: Identification of electrophysiological characteristics and endocardial mapping techniques Circulation 88 1993 578 587
12. W.W. Collier S.E. Holt L.A. Wellford Narrow complex tachycardias Emerg Med Clin North Am 13 1995 925 954
13. D.V. Exner T. Muzyka A.M. Gillis Proarrhythmia in patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome after standard doses of intravenous adenosine Ann Intern Med 122 1995 351 352
14. J. Farre D. Ross I. Wiener Reciprocal tachycardia using accessory pathways with long conduction times Am J Cardiol 44 1979 1099
15. J. Farre H.J.J. Wellens The value of the electrocardiogram in diagnosing site of origin and mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia Wellens H.J.J. Kulbertus H.E. What's New in Electrocardiography 1981 Martinus Nijhoff The Hague 131 171
16. G.K. Feld Shahandeh-Rad F: Mechanism of double potentials recorded during sustained atrial flutter in the canine right atrial crush-injury model Circulation S6 1992 628 641
17. L.H. Frame R.L. Page P.A. Boyden Circus movement in the canine atrium around the tricuspid ring during experimental atrial flutter and during reentry in vivo Circulation 76 1987 1155 1175
18. C.J. Garratt M.J. Griffith S. O'Nunain Effects of intravenous adenosine on antegrade refractoriness of accessory atrioventricular connections Circulation 84 1991 1962 1968
19. J.A. Gomes D. Mehta M.N. Langan Sinus node reentrant tachycardia PACE 18 1995 1045 1057
20. M. Green B. Heddle W. Dassen Value of the QRS alternation in determining the site of origin of narrow QRS supraventricular tachycardia Circulation 68 1983 368
21. S. Gulamhusein P. Ko S.G. Carruthers Acceleration of the ventricular response during atrial fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome after verapamil Circulation 65 1982 348 354
22. M. Habibzadeh Multifocal atrial tachycardia: A 66-month follow-up of 50 patients Heart Lung 9 1980 328 335
23. D. Haines J. DiMarco Current therapy for supraventricular tachycardia Curr Probl Cardiol 17 1992 415
24. M.S. Hanna K.P. Dresdner A.L. Wit Cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias El-Sherif N. Samet P. Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology 1991 Saunders Philadelphia 1 17
25. G. Hendricks The Multicenter European Survey (MERFS): Complications of radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias Eur Heart J 14 1993 1644 1653
26. J.R. Imrie R. Yee G.J. Klein Incidence and Clinical Significance of ST segment depression in supraventricular tachycardias Can J Cardiol 6 1990 323 326
27. W.M. Jackman K.J. Beckman J.H. McClelland Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia due to atrioventricular nodal reentry by radiofrequency catheter ablation of slow-pathway conduction N Engl J Med 327 1992 313 318
28. W.M. Jackman X. Wang K.J. Friday Catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome) by radiofrequency current N Engl J Med 324 1991 1605 1611
29. M.R. Jazayeri S.L. Hempe J.S. Sra Selective transcatheter ablation of the fast and slow pathways using radiofrequency energy in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia Circulation 85 1992 1318 1328
30. M. Josephson J. Spear A. Harken Surgical excision of autonomic atrial tachycardia: Anatomic and electrophysiologic correlates Am Heart J 104 1982 1076 1085
31. M.E. Josephson J.A. Kastor Supraventricular tachycardia: Mechanisms and management Ann Intern Med 87 1977 346
32. M.E. Josephson H.J.J. Wellens Differential diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia Cardiol Clin 8 1990 411 442
33. M.E. Josephson Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: An electrophysiologic approach [editorial] Am J Cardiol 41 1978 1123 1125
34. W. Kannel R. Abbott D. Savage Epidemiological features of chronic atrial fibrillation: The Framingham study N Engl J Med 306 1982 1018
35. G.N. Kay F. Chong A.E. Epstein Radiofrequency ablation for treatment of primary atrial tachycardias J Am Coll Cardiol 21 1993 901 909
36. G.N. Kay A.E. Epstein S.M. Dailey Selective radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway for the treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia Circulation 85 1992 1675 1688
37. G.N. Kay J.C. Pressley D.L. Packer Value of the 12-lead electrocardiogram in discriminating atrioventricular nodal reciprocating tachycardia from circus movement atrioventricular tachycardia utilizing a retrograde accessory pathway Am J Cardiol 59 1987 296 300
38. Y.N. Kim J. Sousa R. El-Atassi Magnitude of ST segment depression during paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia Am Heart J 122 1991 1486 1487
39. G.J. Klein T.M. Bashore T.D. Sellers Ventricular fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome N Engl J Med 301 1979 1080 1085
40. D.Z. Kocovic T. Harada J.B. Shea Alterations of heart rate and of heart rate variability after radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia: Delineation of parasympathetic pathways in the human heart Circulation 88 1993 1671 1681
41. R. Kones J. Phillips J. Hersh Mechanism and management of chaotic atrial mechanism Cardiology 59 1974 92 101
42. A.D. Krahn R. Yee G.J. Klein Inappropriate sinus tachycardia: Evaluation and therapy J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 6 1995 1124 1128
43. K.H. Kuck M. Schluter Single-catheter approach to radiofrequency current ablation of left-sided accessory pathways in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Circulation 84 1991 2366 2375
44. R.J. Lee J.M. Kalman A.P. Fitapatrick Radiofrequency catheter modification of the sinus node for “inappropriate” sinus tachycardia Circulation 92 1995 2919 2928
45. J.W. Leitch G.J. Klein R. Yee Syncope associated with supraventricular tachycardia: An expression of tachycardia rate of vasomotor response? Circulation 85 1992 1064 1071
46. Lesh M.D. Van Hare G.F. D.J. Schamp Curative percutaneous catheter ablation using radiofrequency energy for accessory pathways in all locations: results in 100 consecutive patients J Am Coll Cardiol 19 1992 1303 1309
47. T. Lewis The mechanism and graphic registration of the heart beat ed 3 1925 Shaw&Sons London 295 306
48. M. Lipson S. Naimi Multifocal atrial tachycardia (chaotic atrial tachycardia): Clinical associations and significance Circulation 42 1970 397 407
49. K.C. Man K. Brinkman F. Bogun 2:1 Atrioventricular block during atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia J Am Coll Cardiol 28 1996 1770 1774
50. C.A. Morillo G.J. Klein R.K. Thakur Mechanism of “inappropriate” sinus tachycardia: Role of sympathovagal balance Circulation 90 1994 873 877
51. O. Narula Sinus node re-entry: A mechanism for supraventricular tachycardia Circulation 50 1974 1114 1118
52. O.S. Narula Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia due to sinus node and intra-atrial reentry Narula O.S. Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management 1979 Williams&Wilkins Baltimore 272 293
53. B. Olshansky K. Okumura P.G. Hess Demonstration of an area of slow conduction in human atrial flutter J Am Coll Cardiol 16 1990 1639 1648
54. P. Page V.J. Plumb K. Okumura A new model of atrial flutter J Am Coll Cardiol 8 1986 872 879
55. C. Pappone G. Stabile A. De-Simone Role of catheter-induced mechanical trauma in localization of target sites of radiofrequency ablation in automatic atrial tachycardia J Am Coll Cardiol 27 1996 1090 1097
56. T. Paul P. Guccione Garson A. Jr Relation of syncope in young patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome to rapid ventricular response during atrial fibrillation Am J Cardiol 65 1990 318 321
57. J. Phillips J. Spano G. Burch Chaotic atrial mechanism Am Heart J 78 1969 171 179
58. Riva A.I. Della Bella P. G. Fassini Value of analysis of ST segment changes during tachycardia in determining type of narrow QRS complex tachycardia J Am Coll Cardiol 27 1996 1480 1485
59. Rodriguez L.M. deChillou C. J. Schlapfer Age at onset and gender of patients with different types of supraventricular tachycardia Am J Cardiol 70 1992 1213 1215
60. A. Rosenblueth J. Garcia-Ramos Studies on flutter and fibrillation: II. The influence of artificial obstacles on experimental auricular flutter Am Heart J 33 1947 677 684
61. D. Scher E. Arsura Multifocal atrial tachycardia: Mechanisms, clinical correlates, and treatment Am Heart J 118 1989 574 580
62. K. Shine J. Kastor P. Yuechak Multifocal atrial tachycardia: Clinical and electrocardiographic features in 32 patients N Engl J Med 279 1968 344 349
63. V. Skeberis F. Simonis K. Tsakonas Inappropriate sinus tachycardia following radiofrequency ablation of AV nodal tachycardia: incidence and clinical significance PACE 17 1994 924 927
64. R.E. Sperry K.A. Ellenbogen M.A. Wood Radiofrequency catheter ablation of sinus node reentrant tachycardia PACE 16 1993 2202 2209
65. K. Takayanagi H. Hoshi M. Shimizu Pronounced ST segment depression during paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia Jpn Heart J 34 1993 269 278
66. A.L. Waldo Clinical evaluation in therapy of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter Cardiol Clin 8 1990 479 490
67. K. Wang B. Goldfarb F. Gobel Multifocal atrial tachycardia: A clinical analysis in 41 cases Arch Intern Med 137 1977 161 164
68. R.K. Thakur C.P. Shah B. Xie Adenosine-induced ventricular fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome PACE 20 1997 1534
69. M. Wathen A. Natale K. Wolfe An anatomically guided approach to atrioventricular node slow pathway ablation Am J Cardiol 70 1992 886 889
70. H.J.J. Wellens J. Atie O.C. Penn Diagnosis and treatment of patients with accessory pathways Cardiol Clin 8 1990 503 521
71. H.J.J. Wellens F.W. Bar J. Farre Diagnosis and incidence of concealed accessory pathway in patients suffering from paroxysmal AV junctional tachycardia, wiht emphasis upon new findings suggestive for incorporation of a concealed accessory pathway in the tachycardia circuit Rev Lat Cardiol 1 1980 60 71
72. H.J.J. Wellens F.W. Bar K.I. Lie The value of the electrocardiogram in the differential diagnosis of a tachycardia with a widened QRS complex Am J Med 64 1978 27 33
73. H.J.J. Wellens J.C. Wesdorp D.R. Duren Second-degree block during reciprocal atrioventricular nodal tachycardia Circulation 53 1976 595 599
74. H.J.J. Wellens Differential diagnosis of narrow QRS tachycardia Fisch C. Surawicz B. Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias 1991 Elsevier Science New York 164 175
75. H.J.J. Wellens Value and limitations of programmed electrical stimulation of the heart in the study and treatment of tachycardias Circulation 57 1978 845 853
76. D. Wu P. Denes F. Amat-y-Leon Clinical, electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic observations in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia Am J Cardiol 41 1978 1045 1051
77. D. Wu P. Denes Mechanisms of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia Arch Intern Med 135 1975 437
78. C. Wyndham M. Arnsdorf S. Levitsky Successful surgical excision of focal paroxysmal atrial tachycardia: A case report Circulation 62 1980 1365 1372
79. B. Xie S. Heald H. Bashir Radiofrequency catheter ablation of septal accessory atrioventricular pathways Br Heart J 72 1994 281 284
80. R. Yee G. Guiraudon M. Gardner Refractory paroxysmal sinus tachycardia: Management by subtotal right atrial exclusion J Am Coll Cardiol 3 1984 400 404
81. D. Zipes Specific arrhythmias: Diagnosis and treatment Braunwald E. Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine ed 4 1992 WB Saunders Philadelphia 667