Significance of newly acquired negative T waves after interruption of paroxysmal reentrant supraventricular tachycardia with narrow QRS complex

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Jan 15;85(2):261-3. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00633-5.

Abstract

Sixty-three patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia were studied and 25 patients (39%) showed newly acquired negative T waves after tachycardia termination. Silent coronary artery disease could not be found in about 90% of these patients; moreover, age, sex, organic heart disease, and tachycardia duration and rate did not predict the appearance of negative T waves.

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology*
  • Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / physiopathology*