Author: Jason M Kendall / Editor: Chris Gray / Reviewer: Thomas MacMahon, Tom White / Codes: A1 / Published: 10/02/2023
This session is designed to help you understand the principles, basic physiology, and clinical features of supraventricular tachycardias. It is written from a clinical standpoint, with testing based on scenarios, and the main text based on ECG interpretation.
Before this session you should have:
- Basic knowledge of ECG interpretation
- Some experience in assessment and treatment of patients presenting with arrhythmias
After completing this session you will be able to:
- Distinguish electrocardiographically between the different types of supraventricular tachycardias
- Describe the causes of the various types of supraventricular tachycardias
- Interpret features of the history and examination which suggest a diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardias
- Formulate appropriate management plans for each type of supraventricular tachycardias.
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- 2019 Guidelines on Supraventricular Tachycardia (for the management of patients with). ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines. European Society of Cardiology (ESC), 2019.
- Burns E, Buttner R. Focal Atrial Tachycardia (FAT). Life in the FastLane, 2022.
- Alabed S, Sabouni A, Providencia R, et al. Adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Oct 12;10(10):CD005154.
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