PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Vidt, Donald G.
ED  - Bakst, Alan W.
AU  - Sergio L. Pinski
AU  - James D. Maloney
TI  - Adenosine: a new drug for acute termination of supraventricular tachycardia
DP  - 1990 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 383--388
VI  - 57
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/4/383.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/4/383.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1990 Jun 01; 57
AB  - Adenosine, recently released for the acute termination of supraventricular tachycardia, is potentially the drug of first choice for this indication. Its notable effects are transient slowing of the sinus rate and atrioventricular nodal block. Adverse effects are transient and clinically insignificant, primarily because of the ultra-short half-life of the drug. Preliminary investigations suggest that adenosine may also be useful in the differential diagnosis of wide Q R S complex tachycardias.