Marinchak RA, Rials SJ, Filart RA, Kowey PR. The top ten fallacies of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1997;
20:2825-47. [PMID:
9392814 DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05441.x]
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Abstract
Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) continues to remain a subject of controversy. This is true despite a wealth of epidemiologic and basic/clinical laboratory findings that have accumulated during the past 2 decades. However, these data not only generate the impetus to conduct further research, but also provide compelling arguments against continued adherence to time honored precepts about NSVT that evolved since the inception of the "PVC Hypothesis," although never substantiated by rigorous scientific inquiry. This paper discusses the "top ten" fallacies of NSVT and details the data that support abandonment of them.
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