Supraventricular tachycardia

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• Synonyms

  • SVT
  • Reentrant tachycardia
  • Re-entrant tachycardia

• Causes

  • Caffeine
  • Digoxin toxicity
  • Alcohol
  • Exercise
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Myocarditis
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
  • Infiltrative cardiomyopathy

• Effects

  • Palpitation
  • Angina pectoris
  • Breathlessness
  • Heart failure
  • Stokes-Adams attack

• Parents

  • Atrial tachycardia

• Children

  • Junctional tachycardia

• Treatments

  • Adenosine
  • Electrical cardioversion
  • Chemical cardioversion
  • Valsalva manoevure