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Congenital Supraventricular Tachycardia

MedGen UID:
768670
•Concept ID:
C3640030
•
Finding
Synonym: Congenital SVT

Definition

A disorder present at birth characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of a tachycardia that originates above the ventricles. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCongenital Supraventricular Tachycardia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Page RL, Joglar JA, Caldwell MA, Calkins H, Conti JB, Deal BJ, Estes NAM 3rd, Field ME, Goldberger ZD, Hammill SC, Indik JH, Lindsay BD, Olshansky B, Russo AM, Shen WK, Tracy CM, Al-Khatib SM
J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 Apr 5;67(13):e27-e115. Epub 2015 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.856. PMID: 26409259
2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Page RL, Joglar JA, Caldwell MA, Calkins H, Conti JB, Deal BJ, Estes NA 3rd, Field ME, Goldberger ZD, Hammill SC, Indik JH, Lindsay BD, Olshansky B, Russo AM, Shen WK, Tracy CM, Al-Khatib SM; Evidence Review Committee Chair‡
Circulation 2016 Apr 5;133(14):e506-74. Epub 2015 Sep 23 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000311. PMID: 26399663
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy for arrhythmias in the pediatric population: EHRA and AEPC-Arrhythmia Working Group joint consensus statement.
Brugada J, Blom N, Sarquella-Brugada G, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Deanfield J, Janousek J, Abrams D, Bauersfeld U, Brugada R, Drago F, de Groot N, Happonen JM, Hebe J, Yen Ho S, Marijon E, Paul T, Pfammatter JP, Rosenthal E; European Heart Rhythm Association; Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology
Europace 2013 Sep;15(9):1337-82. Epub 2013 Jul 12 doi: 10.1093/europace/eut082. PMID: 23851511

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Severe hydrops fetalis due to congenital supraventricular tachycardia.
Rein AJ, Lotan C, Goiten KJ, Simcha A
Eur J Pediatr 1986 Feb;144(5):511-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00441751. PMID: 3514228

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