Re: supraventricular tachycardia

Posted By CCF CARDIO MD-APS on July 02, 1998 at 15:56:47:

In Reply to: supraventricular tachycardia posted by Laura on June 29, 1998 at 11:26:08:






My son was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia at 7 months. He is now 26 months and still having problems. He was poorly controlled on Lanoxin and Inderal so we chose to take him off all meds and only treat the episodes when the occured. The cardiologist refuses to consider that there is any underlying problems such as thyroid and says that his case is perfectly routine. He is still having frequent episodes (3 this month)and goes up to about 220. He shows no signs of distress and a small dose of inderal always stops it.  My question is should we be concerned that he is still having such frequent episodes and is it possible that something more is going on besides a straight forward svt?



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Dear Laura,
It sounds as if the best plan has been formulated and that is treat the episodes as they occur and
that way you avoid altogether any long term consequences and daily side effects of the drugs.
Testing the thyroid is done via a simple blood test, however the thyroid is rarely if ever the cause of
SVT in children.  More to follow. Information provided in the heart forum is intended for general medical
informational purposes only, actual diagnosis and treatment can only be made by your physician(s).