Supraventricular Tachycardias
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Cardio: 6. Harry and Dan talk about SVTs, recognising them clinically and their management. This episode also covers Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. This episode was vetted by a Consultant Cardiologist (who wishes to remain anonymous) at the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London.  Links: An example of an ECG showing SVT SVT example 1a https://litfl.com/supraventricular-tachycardia-svt-ecg-library/ An example of an ECG showing WPW pattern Example 2 https://litfl.com/pre-excitation-syndromes-ecg-library/    Modified Valsava technique from the REVERT Trial link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DIRiOA_OsA  Resus council adult tachycardia algorithim (2021) https://www.resus.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-04/Tachycardia%20Algorithm%202021.pdf Key resource used (but frankly, this provides detail far beyond what is expected for medical school): Brugada J, Katritsis DG, Arbelo E, et al. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia: The Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2020;41(5):655-720. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz467
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