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A young man with another episode of tachycardia. What is it? And why give adenosine in sinus rhythm?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

His blood pressure was 118/96. An accessory pathway was identified and was ablated. The patient has not had any recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation and has a narrow QRS complex without delta wave on his ECG post ablation. With that in mind, how would you proceed with treatment?

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Young Man with a Heart Rate of 257. What is it and how to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Blood pressure was normal (109/83). The Differential Diagnosis is: SVT with aberrancy(#) [AVNRT vs. The patient was found to have a "concealed" posteroseptal pathway (WPW without delta waves) confirmed to have SVT at EP study and was ablated. He acknowledged that he had palpitations. but only when asked.