Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Differential Diagnoses & Workup - eMedicine Cardiology

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Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Differential Diagnoses & Workup - eMedicine Cardiology

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Diagnosis: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a common clinical condition, is any tachyarrhythmia that requires atrial and/or atrioventricular (AV) nodal tissue for its initiation and maintenance. It is usually a narrow-complex tachycardia that has a regular, rapid rhythm; exceptions ...

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Most Recently Shared on August 21, 2010 at 1:05 pm By:

nursingpins Vernon Dutton, R.N.

Many times HR & PR interval alone are used to differentiate SVT - not important as symp to watch for #nurses http://tinyurl.com/259fb4o

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Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia (AVNRT): eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common type of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Because of the abrupt onset and termination of the reentrant SVT, the nonspecific term paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (or even the misleading ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Diagnosed with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT)? Learn causes, symptoms, and treatment options. http://bit.ly/aIcgfB

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