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Tachyarrhythmias

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Ventricular arrhythmias

There is no clear benefit from allocating therapy on the basis of electrophysiologic testing d

Why?

  • Allocated anti-arrhythmic medication on the basis of electrophysiologic testing compared with Holter monitoring is not clearly less likely to have recurrent arrhythmias and is worse at predicting long-term efficacy. a

Expiry date: July 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   H   Oral
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton