title: [Diagnostic electrophysiological studies].
abstract: Clinical cardiac electrophysiology has evolved over the last decades as a technique to study arrhythmias. Programmed stimulation is a potent tool in assessing the detailed mechanisms of most brady- and tachyarrhythmias as well as a method to judge the efficacy of antiarrhythmic therapy and to stratify patients at risk for the development of life-threatening sustained ventricular arrhythmias. We give an overview of the physiologic mechanisms responsible for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias, pre-excited tachycardias as well as sustained ventricular tachycardia in coronary artery disease. Benefit and limitations in assessing the risk for life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in clinically important situations are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Departement Medizin, Universitätsklinik, Bern.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuhrer
mesh_terms: D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000175:diagnosis; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis; D013613:Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / Q000175:diagnosis; D013615:Tachycardia, Sinoatrial Nodal Reentry / Q000175:diagnosis; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Die diagnostische elektrophysiologische Untersuchung.