title: Classification and terminology of supraventricular tachycardia. Diagnosis and management of the atrial tachycardias.
abstract: This article describes some of the historical approaches to classifying supraventricular tachycardias and the evolution of the nomenclature as the knowledge of tachycardias improved. A classification scheme that is mechanistically based and favored by the authors, diagnostic criteria, clinical presentation, and therapy of the atrial tachycardias is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wathen
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natale
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic