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Is reentry tachycardia and avrt the same thing? had something the doc thought was ectopic atrial tachycardia and now i am afraid of sudden death
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Same thing: AVRT is a form of reentry. (the "R" in AVRT stands for "Reentry").
Answered 5/9/2016
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