[Emergency treatment of tachycardias].
The treatment of symptomatic tachycardia is a key challenge in intensive care medicine and emergency care. Making a quick and authoritative diagnosis on an ECG and applying adequate emergency treatment requires a structured approach to analyzing and treating arrhythmias. This CME article offers a practical categorization of the multitude of tachycardias, with medical and electrical treatment options and ECG examples. Appropriate first- and second-line treatment options are presented for most common tachyarrhythmias.
Abteilung Elektrophysiologie, Klinik für Kardiologie, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Benekestr. 2‑6, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland. n.deubner@kerckhoff-klinik.de.
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Abteilung Elektrophysiologie, Klinik für Kardiologie, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Benekestr. 2‑6, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland.
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Abteilung Elektrophysiologie, Klinik für Kardiologie, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Benekestr. 2‑6, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland.
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D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control
Arrhythmia, cardiac; Electrocardiography; Hemodynamics; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia