Medical Management of Infants With Supraventricular Tachycardia: Results From a Registry and Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several medication choices are available for acute and prophylactic treatment of refractory supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in infants. There are almost no controlled trials, and medication choices are not necessarily evidence based. Our objective was to report the effectiveness of management strategies for infant SVT.

Methods

A registry of infants admitted to hospital with re-entrant SVT and no haemodynamically significant heart disease were prospectively followed at 11 international tertiary care centres. In addition, a systematic review of studies on infant re-entrant SVT in MEDLINE and EMBASE was conducted. Data on demographics, symptoms, acute and maintenance treatments, and outcomes were collected.

Results

A total of 2534 infants were included: n =

SUBMITTER: Wei N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature