0039: Elderly patients benefit from the evaluation of their tachycardia

Too often, tachycardias of elderly patients are medically treated without evaluation of their mechanism. The purpose of the study was to look for the influence of age on clinical and electrophysiological data and long-term follow-up of patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).MethodsSVT was induced in 1690 patients, 996 females, mean age 49±19 years referred for regular tachycardia. Clinical history, SVT-related complications, echocardiography, results of electrophysiological study, methods of treatment were collected.Results269 patients with SVT were aged from 70 to 97 years (group I),188 from 70 to 79 (group IA) and 81 from 80 to 97 (group IB). Anticoagulants were prescribed in 23 for an erroneous diagnosis of atrial tachycardia. They were compared to 1421 patients