title: Usefulness of the electrocardiogram in diagnosing mechanisms of tachycardia.
abstract: The electrocardiogram, despite its simplistic technological composition, remains a valuable tool in the diagnosis of pediatric arrythmias. In this article the characteristic features of different tachycardias are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tipple
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology