Causas de taquicardia supraventricular paroxistica y su importancia diagnóstica en antención primaria

Abstract

Introduction Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, defined as a type of arrhythmia that debuts with a heart rate > 100 bpm, is usually accompanied by clinical symptoms characterized by palpitations, dyspnea, sweating and chest pain, which affects a large group of patients and can even present both symptomatically and asymptomatically. According to several studies have shown its association with the development of cardiovascular comorbidities, being therefore important to know the origin of this tachycardia that allows us to provide a correct treatment to our patients. Objective Determine the different causes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia through the search and review of scientific articles, which will offer sufficient scientific information to more accurately determine its treatment at the level of primary health care. Materials and methods It is a descriptive research through a systematic review of bibliography indexed in digital repositories of medicine such as Google Scholar, PubMed, UpToDate, Internal Medicine Literature to obtain updated health information of the last 5 years. Conclusion It should be emphasized that many of these tachyarrhythmias are usually underdiagnosed, so investigating their causes will help a lot in preventing the development of complications of these patients at the primary care level by detecting them and giving their appropriate treatment for each case. The most common cause of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is sinus tachycardia; However, atrial fibrillation accounts for 4% to 10% of all cases of sudden cardiovascular death.