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{{familytree | D01 | | D02 | | D03 | | D04 | | D05 | | D06 | | D07 | D01= [[Atrial fibrillation]] <br> [[Atrial flutter]] <br> [[Ectopic Atrial Rhythm|Ectopic atrial rhythm]] <br> [[Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)|Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)]] <br> [[Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia (PAT) with Block|Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) with block]] <br> [[Premature Atrial Contractions (PACs)|Premature atrial contractions (PAC)]] <br> [[Sinus Tachycardia|Sinus tachycardia]] <br> [[Wandering atrial pacemaker]]<br> [[Sick sinus syndrome]]| D02= [[AVNRT]] <br><br> [[AVRT]] ([[accessory pathway]]):<br>- [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome|Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)]]<br>- [[Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome|Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)]]|D03=[[Accelerated junctional rhythm]]| D04= '''[[Wide complex tachycardias|SVTAC]]'''<br>'''([[Wide complex tachycardias|SVT with aberrant conduction]]):<br><br>'''[[Left Bundle Branch Block|Left bundle branch block]] <br> [[LAHB|Left anterior hemi-block]] <br> [[Left posterior fascicular block electrocardiogram|Lefo posterior hemi-block]] <br> [[Right Bundle Branch Block|Right bundle branch block]] <br> [[Trifascicular block]]| D05= [[Ventricular tachycardia]] <br> [[Ventricular fibrillation electrocardiogram|Ventricular fibrillation]] <br> [[Ventricular Parasystole|Ventricular parasystole]] | D06= [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome|Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)]]<br>[[Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome|Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)]]| D07= [[Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia]] <br> [[Runaway pacemaker syndrome]]<br> [[Sensor induced tachycardia]]}}
{{familytree | D01 | | D02 | | D03 | | D04 | | D05 | | D06 | | D07 | D01= [[Atrial fibrillation]] <br> [[Atrial flutter]] <br> [[Ectopic Atrial Rhythm|Ectopic atrial rhythm]] <br> [[Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)|Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)]] <br> [[Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia (PAT) with Block|Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) with block]] <br> [[Premature Atrial Contractions (PACs)|Premature atrial contractions (PAC)]] <br> [[Sinus Tachycardia|Sinus tachycardia]] <br> [[Wandering atrial pacemaker]]<br> [[Sick sinus syndrome]]| D02= [[AVNRT]] <br><br> [[AVRT]] ([[accessory pathway]]):<br>- [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome|Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)]]<br>- [[Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome|Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)]]|D03=[[Accelerated junctional rhythm]]| D04= '''[[Wide complex tachycardias|SVTAC]]'''<br>'''([[Wide complex tachycardias|SVT with aberrant conduction]]):<br><br>'''[[Left Bundle Branch Block|Left bundle branch block]] <br> [[LAHB|Left anterior hemi-block]] <br> [[Left posterior fascicular block electrocardiogram|Lefo posterior hemi-block]] <br> [[Right Bundle Branch Block|Right bundle branch block]] <br> [[Trifascicular block]]| D05= [[Ventricular tachycardia]] <br> [[Ventricular fibrillation electrocardiogram|Ventricular fibrillation]] <br> [[Ventricular Parasystole|Ventricular parasystole]] | D06= [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome|Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)]]<br>[[Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome|Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)]]| D07= [[Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia]] <br> [[Runaway pacemaker syndrome]]<br> [[Sensor induced tachycardia]]}}
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''Algorithm based on the 2003 [[ACLS]] guidelines for the management of tachycardia.''<ref name="pmid14563598">{{cite journal| author=Blomström-Lundqvist C, Scheinman MM, Aliot EM, Alpert JS, Calkins H, Camm AJ et al.| title=ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias--executive summary. a report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (writing committee to develop guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias) developed in collaboration with NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2003 | volume= 42 | issue= 8 | pages= 1493-531 | pmid=14563598 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14563598  }} </ref>
==Management==
==Management==

Revision as of 23:27, 29 November 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]

Definition

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Common Causes

Classification

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tachycardia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Narrow complex tachycardia (SVT)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wide complex tachycardia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The origin of the impulse:
Atria
 
 
 
The origin of the impulse:
AV junction
 
The origin of the impulse:
Atria or AV junction
 
The origin of the impulse:
AV junction
 
The origin of the impulse:
Atria, AV junction or ventricles

Presence of an accessory pathway
 
The origin of the impulse:
Pacemaker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Ectopic atrial rhythm
Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)
Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) with block
Premature atrial contractions (PAC)
Sinus tachycardia
Wandering atrial pacemaker
Sick sinus syndrome
 
AVNRT

AVRT (accessory pathway):
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
- Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)
 
Accelerated junctional rhythm
 
SVTAC
(SVT with aberrant conduction):

Left bundle branch block
Left anterior hemi-block
Lefo posterior hemi-block
Right bundle branch block
Trifascicular block
 
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular parasystole
 
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL)
 
Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia
Runaway pacemaker syndrome
Sensor induced tachycardia

Algorithm based on the 2003 ACLS guidelines for the management of tachycardia.[1]

Management

  1. Blomström-Lundqvist C, Scheinman MM, Aliot EM, Alpert JS, Calkins H, Camm AJ; et al. (2003). "ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias--executive summary. a report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (writing committee to develop guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias) developed in collaboration with NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society". J Am Coll Cardiol. 42 (8): 1493–531. PMID 14563598.