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Termination of focal atrial tachycardia by adenosine triphosphate
1Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
British Heart Journal
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
An atrial aneurysm gave rise to incessant atrial tachycardia in a 21 year old Seychellian soldier. This arrhythmia was suppressed by intravenous adenosine triphosphate and ajmaline. Resection of the aneurysm abolished the arrhythmia and re-established sinus rhythm.