The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook Direct-current cardioversion Class I 1 When a rapid ventricular response ...

Chapter 15 Atrial Fibrillation Class IIb 1 For patients with persistent AF, administration of beta-blockers, disopyramide, dilti ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook immediately without delay for prior initiation of anticoagulation. (Level ...

Chapter 15 Atrial Fibrillation Fig. 15.10 Posterior view of principal electrophysiological mechanisms of atrial fi brillation. A ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook Thrombin Inhibitor Ximelagatran), revealed a 6.0% incidence of liver tran ...

Supraventricular Arrhythmias Carina Blomström-Lundqvist and Melvin Scheinman 16 Organization of committee and evidence review Ge ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook Regular and recurrent palpitations with a sudden onset and termination a ...

Atrial fibrillation Atrial tachycardia/flutter with variable AV conduction MAT Narrow QRS tachycardia (QRS duration less than 12 ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook Wide QRS-complex tachycardia (QRS duration greater than 120 ms) Regular o ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias Table 16.1 Recommendations for acute management of hemodynamically stable and regular ta ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook catecholamines) or stimulants (e.g., caffeine, alcohol, nicotine). It may ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias retrograde conduction occurs over the fast pathway (slow-fast AV node re-entry). Less co ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook but long-lasting episodes of AVNRT when vagal maneuvers alone are ineffec ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias junctional tachycardia, there is commonly one-to- one AV association. Treatment should b ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook Table 16.5 Recommendations for long-term therapy of accessory pathway-med ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias cardioversion is often ineffective, but may result in termination of micro re-entrant or ...

The AHA Guidelines and Scientifi c Statements Handbook mapping (ECGI) and solving the inverse relation- ship appear promising [3 ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias Table 16.7 Recommendation for acute management of atrial fl utter Clinical status propos ...

Table 16.8 Recommendation for long-term management of atrial fl utter Clinical status/proposed therapy Recommendation Classifi c ...

Chapter 16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias Special circumstances Pregnancy There is concern about adverse hemodynamic effects of ca ...