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Advances in the Management of Tachyarrhythmias

Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Recent developments of both diagnostic and therapeu tic techniques in the management of tachyarrhythmias have broadened the options available to physicians car ing for patients with tachyarrhythmias. Newer diag nostic methods allow more precise identification of the arrhythmia and better understanding of its mechanism. Long-term epidemiologic studies have identified groups of patients who do and do not require antiarrhythmic therapy. Antitachycardia pacemakers and automatic im plantable defibrillators allow effective treatment for pa tients for whom drugs were ineffective or in whom in tolerable side effects developed. Finally, several new antiarrhythmic agents have become available recently. Proper use of these new techniques and drugs requires greater understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiac arrhythmias.

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 2, No. 2, 65-75 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/088506668700200203


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