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Can a child go into cardiac arrest from having a svt?

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Eventually: Svt causes the heart to pump so fast that it cannot fill the chambers between beats.As a result, it is not pushing enough blood around to do the bodies work, and can result in shock (failure to provide the needed nutrients for function) which would evenually result in death.

Answered 9/10/2013

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