Investigations for the assessment of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with supraventricular tachycardia
10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2020.01.008
- Author:
Harith Fernando
1
;
Nicholas Adams
2
;
Biswadev Mitra
3
Author Information
1. Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2. National Trauma Research Institute, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Publication Type:Letter
- Keywords:
emergency department;
supraventricular tachycardia
- From:
World Journal of Emergency Medicine
2020;11(1):54-59
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Patients with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) commonly present to the emergency department (ED). Current guidelines do not recommend routine pathology testing and a report on the topic has questioned their role. A systematic review concluded that troponin testing is commonly performed with a high proportion of positive findings, but these results were not associated with major adverse cardiac events. The conclusions of this review were limited by paucity of data and heterogeneity among studies.
- Full text:008 WJEM-2018-0070.pdf
