[Diagnostic use of adenosine triphosphate in cardiac arrhythmias].
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been used for more than 50 years as a major medication in our therapeutic arsenal for the termination of supraventricular tachycardia crises for which the mechanism is re-entry implicating the atrioventricular node. In the present article other applications of ATP as a diagnostic agent for several cardiac arrhythmias are described: differential diagnosis of narrow or wide QRS tachycardia, diagnosis of a latent accessory pathway (intermittent or hidden), diagnosis of intranodal duality, and non-invasive evaluation of the results of the ablation of the slow pathway, and finally non-invasive diagnosis of the tachycardia mechanism in patients with palpitations or tachycardia with an obscure mechanism.
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Service de cardiologie, centre médical Tel-Aviv-Sourasky, 6, rue Weizman, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israël. bblhass@tasmc.health.gov.il
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans
D015415:Biomarkers; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate
Utilisation diagnostique de l'adénosine triphosphate dans les arythmies cardiaques.