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Supraventricular Tachycardias

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Supraventricular tachycardia is common in the pediatric population and is the most common cardiac emergency encountered. Supraventricular tachycardia can be subdivided into reentrant and automatic tachycardias, which each have differing mechanisms and clinical presentations. The various forms of supraventricular tachycardia can be differentiated by their clinical presentation, ECG appearances, and response to therapy. This chapter reviews the presentation and epidemiology of supraventricular tachycardia in infants and children. The mechanisms and anatomic substrates leading to this arrhythmia in children with and without structural heart disease are also discussed. The different types of supraventricular tachycardia that occur in the pediatric population are described including their mechanisms, ECG characteristics, and clinical features.

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    Carolina Escudero & Shubhayan Sanatani

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden and Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Nico A. Blom

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Escudero, C., Blom, N.A., Sanatani, S. (2014). Supraventricular Tachycardias. In: Da Cruz, E., Ivy, D., Jaggers, J. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_137

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