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JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 3-4, Pages 247-255Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.11.008
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Electrocardiography; Supraventricular tachycardia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrioventricular node
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The narrow complex tachycardias (NCTs) are defined by the presence in a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) of a QRS complex duration less than 120 ms and a heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute; those are typically of supraventricular origin, although rarely narrow complex ventricular tachycardias have been reported in the literature. As some studies document, to diagnose correctly the NCTs is an arduous exercise because sometimes those have similar presentation on the ECG. In this paper, we have reviewed the physiopathological, clinical, and ECG findings of all known supraventricular tachycardias and, in order to reduce the possible diagnostic errors on the ECG, we have proposed a quick and accurate diagnostic algorithm for the differential diagnosis of NCTs. (C) 2013 Japanese College of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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