Abstract
Reentry, or reciprocation, occurs when an impulse travels away from its point of origin using one pathway, then reverses direction and returns to the point of origin by means of a second pathway. In order to initiate or sustain a tachycardia that utilizes the mechanism of reentry, the following three preconditions are necessary:
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two functionally or anatomically separate pathways that form a circuit must exist
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conduction in one of the pathways must initially exhibit unidirectional block, and
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prolonged conduction in the second pathway must be of sufficient duration to allow repolarization (recovery) of the first pathway.
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Abedin, Z., Conner, R. (2000). Supraventricular Reentry Tachycardia. In: Interpretation of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 220. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4607-8_13
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