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There has been increasing interest in the last decade in the role played by the autonomic nervous system in tachycardia induction and termination [1–3]. Furthermore, recent reports have provided evidence that accessory pathway properties may be influenced by exercise and catecholamines [4–8]. Most of the data available concern atrioventricular (AV) pathways, and we shall focus our discussion on this type of accessory connection which is associated with the Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. As developed elsewhere in this volume, tachyarrhythmias associated with WPW syndrome include both reciprocating tachycardias and atrial flutter-fibrillation. The changes induced by exercise and catecholamines on both normal pathway and accessory pathway may affect both types of tachyarrhythmias.
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Lévy, S., Broustet, JP., Metge, M., Cointe, R., Faugère, G., Gérard, R. (1986). Response of Accessory AV Pathways to Exercise and Catecholamines. In: Benditt, D.G., Benson, D.W. (eds) Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7526-5_8
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