Supraventricular tachycardia and the menstrual cycle

M M Schreuder; M Sunamura; J E Roeters van Lennep

doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00153

Supraventricular tachycardia and the menstrual cycle

Case Rep Womens Health. 2019 Oct 22:24:e00153. doi: 10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00153. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

M M Schreuder^{1

2

1}, M Sunamura^{2

1}, J E Roeters van Lennep¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal medicine, Vascular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
² Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Department of Cardiology Franciscus, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

•the influence of the menstrual cycle on the occurrence of arrhythmia is still understudied.•Episodes of arrhythmia might occur more frequently in the premenstrual phase.•Taking the menstrual cycle into account when scheduling diagnostic tests might lead to more accurate diagnoses.

Keywords: Arrhythmia; Diagnostics; Menstrual cycle; Sex hormones.

Publication types

Editorial