Pacing Techniques to Guide the Therapy of Tachycardias
Authors: TOBY R. ENGEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Editorials1 February 1979Pacing Techniques to Guide the Therapy of TachycardiasTOBY R. ENGEL, M.D.TOBY R. ENGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-90-2-265 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is often difficult to tell whether an antiarrhythmic drug will prevent tachycardia. Drug suppression of isolated ectopic beats, often incomplete and inconsistent, does not always prevent tachycardia. Moreover, some patients with sporadic tachycardias have few ectopic beats between tachycardiac episodes. Tape-recorded monitoring is the most objective measure of therapeutic response if paroxysms of tachycardia are so frequent as to be expected during the prescribed monitored period. In most patients, sustained tachycardias are so infrequent that monitoring is impractical. 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