For the purposes of this document, the term “supraventricular tachycardia” (SVT) includes any arrhythmia originating above and including the bundle of His, and specifically excludes atrial fibrillation (AF)
If the PVCs continuously alternate with a regular sinus beat, the patient is in bigeminy
Premature ventricular complexes, or PVCs, are a common clinical problem
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However, removal of the digoxin with quick resolution of the bradycardia suggests it had little to do with the bradycardia
No significant difference was observed between the two doses of dl-sotalol
However, this drug is also widely used off-label to treat supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation, and to
It has wide-ranging beneficial effects and continues to play an important role in the contemporary management of appropriately selected patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation
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Subsequent doses should be individualized
Class III, potassium channel blockers: These drugs prevent potassium from getting through cell membranes
Furthermore, flecainide at low dose inhibits rapid component of the delayed
If these effects are mild, they may go away within a few days or a couple classic dig toxic dysrhythmias - accelerated junctional, nonparoxysmal atrial tachycardia with 2:1 block, bidirectional VT, PVC
one could give a single oral dose in the amount equal to 400 mg minus the patient's usual total daily dose