What is the drug of choice for SVT?

Adenosine is the first-line medical treatment for the termination of paroxysmal SVT.

How do you treat AVNRT?

Medications used to terminate symptomatic AVNRT episodes and to reduce AVNRT occurrences include beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, and less commonly digoxin. These medications can be administered orally on a routine outpatient basis, or via intravenous route if necessary in the emergency room.

What is AVNRT in medicine?

Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common type of supraventricular tachycardia. People with AVNRT have episodes of an abnormally fast heartbeat (more than 100 beats per minute) that often start and end suddenly.

What drugs block AV node?

The medications known as AV nodal blocking drugs—beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and digoxin—work by slowing the heart’s electrical signal as it passes through the AV node on its way from the atria to the ventricles.

What is Denison drug used for?

What Adenocor is used for. paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (including a condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome). This is when the heart beats too rapidly. If left untreated this condition can be life threatening.

Is AVNRT a SVT?

The most common type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is called atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) or A-V nodal reentry. In A-V nodal reentry, the electrical impulse travels in and around the A-V node. The electrical signal goes around in a circle, like a racecar going around a racetrack.

Is amiodarone an AV nodal blocker?

In addition to procainamide, newly available parenteral antiarrhythmic agents for treatment of PSVT refractory to vagal maneuvers, adenosine, and AV nodal blocking agents include amiodarone, propafenone, flecainide, and sotalol.

When is beta blocker contraindicated?

Traditional contraindications to beta-blockers are peripheral vascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.