Actually I have seen a large proportion of cases responding to a proper
carotid sinus massage better than adenosine and absolutely it never goes
till cardioversion
Greetings,
Rajesh Prabhu. C
'When you are in Control, You are never driving fast enough - Jean
Alesi'
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:24 PM
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Subject: SVT
Can anyone figure why Tony Blair needed a cardioversion i.e. DC shock?
I've only very rarely seen SVT not respond to adenosine, and on those
rare occasions verapamil always worked.
AF
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