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AVNRT TYPICAL FORM

18-year-old male; palpitations lasting hours, beginning at the age of 10. What arrhythmia is present? Let's first consider the heart rate: with a heart rate of 194 beats/min, the heart rate is too low for atrial flutter (1:1) (except in patients who have been pre-treated with medication), and the rate would be unusually high for atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. Due to the regularity of the heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation can also be ruled out. This leaves atrial tachycardia, junctional tachycardia, AVNRT, and AVRT as possibilities.

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