Supraventricular tachycardia in four young dogs.
Rapid, clinical supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), without apparent underlying heart disease, was identified in 3 young Labrador Retrievers and 1 Labrador Retriever-type dog. The electrocardiographic characteristics, identification of ventricular preexcitation in 2 dogs, age at onset, response to antiarrhythmic agents, and recent electrophysiologic documentation of a concealed accessory pathway in another young Labrador Retriever suggested orthodromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia as the mechanism of SVT.
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Department of Companion Animals and Special Species Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
Atkins
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Kanter
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D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents