Alternative treatment for supraventricular tachycardia

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Supraventricular tachycardia episode? Try prescribing a handstand.

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) episode? Try prescribing a handstand. A case report describes how an 8-year-old girl with recurrent SVT secondary to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is consistently able to revert her SVT by doing a handstand. This simple vagal maneuver is certainly worth trying before turning to pharmacologic agents or electrical cardioversion (Hare M, et al. Arch Dis Child. 2015;100[1]:54-56). 

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Ms Freedman is a freelance medical editor and writer in New Jersey. She has nothing to disclose in regard to affiliations with or financial interests in any organizations that may have an interest in any part of this article.

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