Antitachycardia Pacing

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Recognized as a way to pace-terminate certain types of arrhythmias, especially slow monomorphic VT involving a reentry circuit. The idea is to deliver a few seconds of pacing stimuli to the heart at a rate faster than tachycardia

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Glossary: Anti-Tachycardia Pacing [ATP]
A therapy delivered by an ICD that uses rapid pacing pulses to terminate ventricular tachycardia without a painful shock. Usually painless. If unsuccessful, the device will escalate to a shock.

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