title: Pacing maneuver in the diagnosis of the mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Pacing and entrainment maneuvers are essential for establishing the mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), but may fail to do so if the SVT terminates or if pacing results in atrioventricular (AV) dissociation as opposed to entrainment of the arrhythmia. We present an unusual case of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) with high degree AV block in which the diagnosis was confirmed using a novel maneuver consisting of simultaneous atrial and ventricular (A + V) pacing. The reproducible response to A + V pacing at varying cycle lengths established the diagnosis of AVNRT in this case.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Electrohysiology Section, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Sanjoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013566:Sympathomimetics; D007545:Isoproterenol