Patients with re-entrant supraventricular tachycardias frequently attend casualty departments for termination of their rhythm. With the advent of adenosine in the physician's pharmaceutical armoury, the ease and effectiveness of vagal stimulation is being forgotten.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe. kbhagat@healthnet.zw
Cent Afr J Med. 1999 Sep 1;45(9):246-7.
AbstractPatients with re-entrant supraventricular tachycardias frequently attend casualty departments for termination of their rhythm. With the advent of adenosine in the physician's pharmaceutical armoury, the ease and effectiveness of vagal stimulation is being forgotten.