title: Apropos "tachycardia begets tachycardia".
abstract: It has been shown that a tachycardia can facilitate the induction of the same ("atrial fibrillation begets atrial fibrillation") or a different tachycardia. This may also apply for pacemaker-mediated tachycardia as the present case documents.
authors.affiliation: J. W. Goethe University, Deptartment of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Carsten W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.forename: Stefan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hohnloser
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*