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European Heart Journal 2007 28(5):525-526; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl557
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A new algorithm in the differential diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia

Raghuveer Dendi and Mark E. Josephson*

Cardiovascular Division, Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute and Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Road, Baker 4, Boston, MA 02215, USA

* Corresponding author. Tel: +1 617 632 7393; fax: +1 617 632 7620. E-mail address: mjoseph2@caregroup.harvard.edu

This editorial refers to ‘Application of a new algorithm in the differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia’ {dagger} by A. Vereckei et al., on page 589

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A correct electrocardiographic diagnosis of the mechanism of a wide complex tachycardia (WCT) is important when instituting emergent therapy and for long-term prognostic and therapeutic considerations. While any algorithm has the risk of oversimplifying a complex problem, it is absolutely essential to have an initial strategy for the acute evaluation of an arrhythmia.

Causes of wide QRS tachycardia include (1) supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with pre-existing or functional bundle branch block, including sinus tachycardia, atrial tachycardia, atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation (AF) and AV nodal re-entry tachycardia, (2) orthodromic circus movement tachycardia with pre-existing or functional bundle branch block, (3) SVT with conduction over an accessory pathway, (4) Antidromic circus movement tachycardia using an accessory pathway in the anterograde direction and AV . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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