Principles of entrainment: diagnostic utility for supraventricular tachycardia

Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2008 Feb 1;8(1):51-65.

Abstract

Entrainment is an important pacing maneuver that can be used to identify reentry as a tachycardia mechanism and define components of the circuit. This review examines how principles of entrainment can be used to arrive at a firm supraventricular tachycardia diagnosis using a simple algorithm and builds a foundation for the application of entrainment to more complex or unknown circuits.

Keywords: Entrainment; antidromic; diagnosis; orthodromic; supraventricular.