Metoprolol For Svt. 255 mg IV over 2 minutes. Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker that also has AV blocking properties.
Administer medication only through a central venous access 3. Other alternatives for the acute treatment of SVT include calcium channel blockers such as verapamil and diltiazem as well as beta-blockers such as metoprolol or esmolol. Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle restoring the activity of the electrical conduction system of the heart.
SVT may be rare and fleeting in some patients whereas in others it is more frequent and may cause serious symptoms such as presyncope or syncope.
ECG Quiz Library 019. Propranolol metoprolol digoxin and adenosine have been tested and shown to be well tolerated. One small study randomized patients with SVT to digoxin 0375 mgday propranolol 240 mgday and verapamil 480 mgday with 1 week of placebo washout between drug regimens. Adenosine is contraindicated for SVT.