Overview
This is a small, pilot study with a primary goal of assessing patient perceptions of two medication treatments for supraventricular tachycardia in adult patients treated in the Emergency Department.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients (18 years and older)
- Diagnosis of acute, stable SVT in the emergency department
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receipt of IV AV-nodal blocking agents prior to study enrollment (includes adenosine, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, beta-antagonists in pre-hospital and/or hospital setting).
- Reported or confirmed personal history of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome
- History of heart failure with reduce ejection fraction (HFrEF) (LVEF</= 40%)
- Severe bronchoconstrictive lung disease
- Prior hypersensitivity to study medication
- Previously enrolled in pilot study
- Pregnant
- Incarcerated