Abstract
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been used for more than 50 years as a major medication in our therapeutic arsenal for the termination of supraventricular tachycardia crises for which the mechanism is re-entry implicating the atrioventricular node. In the present article other applications of ATP as a diagnostic agent for several cardiac arrhythmias are described: differential diagnosis of narrow or wide QRS tachycardia, diagnosis of a latent accessory pathway (intermittent or hidden), diagnosis of intranodal duality, and non-invasive evaluation of the results of the ablation of the slow pathway, and finally non-invasive diagnosis of the tachycardia mechanism in patients with palpitations or tachycardia with an obscure mechanism.
| Translated title of the contribution | The diagnostic use of adenosine triphosphate in cardiac arrhythmias |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 57-63 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | SPEC. ISS. 5 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |