Diagnosis of broad complex tachycardias with ambulatory monitoring of atrial electrography.
Simultaneous 24 hour ambulatory monitoring of the surface electrocardiogram and the intra-atrial electrocardiogram was evaluated in eight patients with broad complex tachycardia. The technique using a J shaped atrial pacing wire permitted a distinction between ventricular tachycardia and supraventricular tachycardia in all eight patients. Formal electrophysiological testing would still be required, however, in patients in whom diagnostic doubt remained.
D004562:Electrocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis*