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Elsevier is the world's leading publisher of Medical Information. We are proud to make available our Patient Research option as a Beta program for patients, or friends/family of patients, who have a medical need for information regarding a medical situation for them or someone they know. This Beta program provides the article you request for free, with a small handling fee, $4.95. After ordering the article and confirmation of payment, we will e-mail the document to you typically within 2 hours, but no longer than 24 hours. Supraventricular Tachycardia—Part II: History, Presentation, Mechanism, and Treatment Current Problems in Cardiology, Volume 33, Issue 10, October 2008, Pages 557-622 Abstract: Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) affect all age groups and are a source of significant morbidity. They are frequently encountered in otherwise healthy individuals without structural heart disease. Advances in the understanding of their mechanisms and anatomical locations have led to highly effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment strategies. Recognition, identification, and differentiation of the various SVTs are of great importance in formulating an effective treatment strategy. Developments over the past four decades have made possible the accurate diagnosis of SVTs, and technological advances have led to ablative cures of most of these arrhythmias. This monograph provides an in-depth discussion of the history, presentation, mechanism, and treatment strategies of the most commonly encountered SVTs. The monograph is divided in two parts. Arrhythmias and related syndromes that are covered in detail in the first part include atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, Wolf–Parkinson–White syndrome, and atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia. The remaining SVTs are covered in the second part, which is presented here. We are sorry, but we are unable to email this PDF based on its size of 7998 KB. Please contact your local public or university library to get assistance in retrieving this document via inter library loan.