[Adenosine. Evaluation of diagnostic efficiency and therapeutic use in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia].

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias are an important therapeutic problem and belong to the most frequently occurring arrhythmias. On the basis of a literature review the authors describe an alternative method of treatment of these conditions with adenosine and point also to its additional applications. The diagnostic use of adenosine and its safety in rhythmic undefined tachycardias with broad ventricular complexes is a therapeutic model worth of popularization.