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Anesthesia for Cardioversion and Electrophysiologic Procedures
Key Points 1. Tachyarrhythmias result from one of three mechanisms (reentry, automaticity, and triggered activity), with reentry being the mechanism most commonly treated in the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory. 2. Anesthetic agents influence cardiac conduction and arrhythmogenesis and can adversely affect…