Supraventricular tachycardia


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Taxotomy

Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia None
Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia None



Clinical features


Supraventricular tachycardia may cause the following:





Treatment


Vagal maneovres first line.
Adenosine 6mg rapid IV bolus + 12mg + 12mg.
Administer through a proximal cannula and elevate the limb.
Caution asthma - use verapamil instead if structurally normal heart.
Otherwise synchronised shock.