Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) & AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)
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@Onestep27 · 2020-08 · in “Help with arrhythmia”
▶ link I loved this for AVNRT and AVRT
View on r/step1@stovepipehat2 · 2016-07 · in “What's a medical concept that you just can't understand no matter how hard you try? (Other Medditors, what'a an easy way to understand this concept?)”
…case. In AVNRT, the cycle is occurring in (possibly around) the AV node itself as indicted by the green. In the case of AVRT in this illustration, it's specifically called orthodromic AVRT (down the AV node, up the accessory pathway). If it were the opposite (down the accessory pathway, up the AV node), it would be called an antidromic AVRT. These cycles continue until broken. Here's a good explanation: ▶ link
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