This review provides guidance for primary care physicians on distinguishing and treating various manifestations of supraventricular tachycardia.
Guidance for primary care SVT management now available; leaves open prospective validation of recommendations.
Physicians often see patients with supraventricular tachycardia of some kind. How does the primary care physician distinguish between a benign, bothersome condition and a life-threatening emergency? What is the proper treatment for various manifestations? Drs Lawhorn and Emmot describe these arrhythmias and their mechanisms and discuss both acute and long-term treatment options.
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Lawhorn et al. (1989) studied this question.
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