In the ED, adenosine is used to terminate supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs). It is also used by cardiologists for pharmacologic stress testing. Paroxysmal SVT has a prevalence of around 2.25 per ...

"The use of adenosine is safe in the vast number of children with typical SVT that is narrow, regular and uniform. More caution is advised if patients have hypotension, signs of heart-failure, long QT ...

Adenosine is a short-acting endogenous molecule that is a purine nucleoside. The half-life is 6 seconds. Adenosine receptor activation results in multiple different actions depending on the location.

Adenosine sensitive ventricular tachycardia occurs in structurally normal hearts and arises from the right ventricular outflow tract (pulmonary infundibulum). This gives it a left bundle branch block ...

A newborn baby girl was diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) and was admitted in a critical state. After all the efforts to reduce the heart rate and still no signs of improvement, the ...