Treatment of tachyarrhythmias by pacing.
The present status of the use of electrical pacing to treat tachyarrythmias is reviewed. The pathogenesis of arrythmia formation, methods of pacing, response of specific tachyarrhythmias to pacing and the clinical application of pacing to terminate and suppress tachyarrhythmias are delineated.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000503:physiopathology; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy*; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications