supraventricular arrhythmia
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Introduction
An irregular heart beat that originates in the atria or AV node.
Management
- atrial septal defect should be considered in all patients presenting with new-onset atrial arrhythmia[1]
More general terms
More specific terms
- atrial fibrillation (AF)
- atrial flutter
- atrial standstill
- atrioventricular (AV) block
- AV junctional rhythm
- sick sinus syndrome; atrial fibrillation with bradyarrhythmia; tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome
- sinoatrial exit block
- sinus arrest/pause
- sinus arrhythmia
- sinus bradycardia
- supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
- wandering atrial pacemaker
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 16. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2012
- ↑ Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Scheinman MM, Aliot EM et al ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Supraventricular Arrhythmias). Circulation. 2003 Oct 14;108(15):1871-909. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14557344