(FIT)-Module 2 Workshop 3: SVT Mechanisms and Maneuvers-Stevenson Case 5 Answer

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The video discusses a diagnosis of focal atrial tachycardia, analyzing supraventricular tachycardia with one-to-one atrioventricular conduction. Key points include examining ventricular pacing trains and determining if impulses reach the atrium. The analysis focuses on the sequence and timing of atrial activations and effects of pacing stimuli on termination of tachycardia. It concludes with the understanding that certain stimuli can terminate atrial tachycardia if they reach the atrium, while ventricular stimuli typically cannot, highlighting differences between atrial tachycardia and reentrant circuits like AV nodal reentry.

Keywords

focal atrial tachycardia

supraventricular tachycardia

atrioventricular conduction

ventricular pacing

atrial activation timing