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To do this in spatial vector loops, the electrical axis is equated with the maximal QRS vector that extends from the point of the loop to its farthest point. The unipolar precordial leads are derived from the horizontal plane loops. Leads thus derived are different from the usual precordial ECG leads. The latter, as mentioned previously, record electrical forces moving toward or away from them, including local potentials that can be of different duration in different precordial leads. In the 12-lead ECG (especially when the precordial electrodes are misplaced), however, these forces can move spatially not only in a left-to-right and anteroposterior direction but also in an inferosuperior direction, as in leads V5 and V6 in patients with a very superior and leftward deviation of the EA.
Sinus tachycardia usually requires no specific treatment; management should be directed toward the underlying disorder. When pharmacologic slowing of sinus tachycardia is desired, beta-adrenergic blocking agents often are effective. However, it must first be determined that the tachycardia is not a necessary compensatory response, as in heart failure. Premature Atrial Impulses Atrial extrasystoles or premature atrial contractions (PACs) are impulses that arise in an ectopic atrial focus and are premature in relation to the prevailing sinus rate.
When patients do not improve despite inotropic support and intravenous loop diuretic therapy, beta-adrenergic therapy may have to be progressively withdrawn. 3. The treatment of patients with severe CHF with frequent episodes of asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular tachycardia is still not well codified. Present trends favor insertion of an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, while inducible ventricular tachycardia must be documented before insertion of an ICD in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (see also Chap.