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Key Words: AHA Scientific Statements tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, atrioventricular nodal reentry Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome catheter ablation tachycardia, ectopic atrial tachycardia, ectopic junctional atrial flutter anti-arrhythmia agents accessory atrioventricular bundle Valsalva maneuver tachycardia, reciprocating electric countershock heart defects, congenital death, sudden electrophysiologic techniques, cardiac sinus tachycardia Appendix 1. Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entities (Relevant) 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia (April 2014) Committee Member Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Voting Recusals by Section* Richard L. Page, Chair University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Chair, Department of Medicine None None None None None None None Jos A. Joglar, Vice Chair University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Professor of Internal Medicine; Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology None None None None None None None Sana M. Al-Khatib Duke Clinical Research Institute Associate Professor of Medicine None None None None None None None Mary A. Caldwell University of California San Francisco Assistant Professor (Retired) None None None None None None None Hugh Calkins Johns Hopkins Hospital Professor of Medicine, Director of Electrophysiology Atricure Boehringer Ingelheim Daiichi-Sankyo None None St. Jude Medical None None All Sections 9.4. Jamie B. Conti University of Florida Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine None None None Medtronic Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None All Sections 9.3.2, and 9.4. Barbara J. Deal Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Professor of Pediatrics; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago Division Head, Cardiology None None None None None None None N.A. Mark Estes III Tufts University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None None Boston Scientific Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None All Sections 9.4. Michael E. Field University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Service None None None None None None None Zachary D. Goldberger University of Washington School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine None None None None None None None Stephen C. Hammill Mayo Clinic Professor Emeritus of Medicine None None None None None None None Julia H. Indik University of Arizona Associate Professor of Medicine None None None None None None None Bruce D. Lindsay Cleveland Clinic Foundation Professor of Cardiology Biosense Webster Boston Scientific CardioInsight Medtronic None None None Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None All Sections 9.4. Brian Olshansky University of Iowa Hospitals Professor Emeritus of Medicine; Mercy Hospital Mason City Electrophysiologist BioControl Biotronik Boehringer-Ingelheim Boston Scientific-Guidant Daiichi-Sankyo Medtronic Sanofi-aventis None None Amarin (DSMB) Boston Scientific (DSMB) Sanofi-aventis (DSMB) Boston Scientific None All Sections except 2.4 and 9.4. Andrea M. Russo Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Professor of Medicine; Cooper University Hospital Director, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services Biotronik Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None None Medtronic Biotronik Boston Scientific None All Sections 9.4. (Continued) Page et al 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS SVT Guideline e571 Win-Kuang Shen Mayo Clinic Arizona Professor of Medicine; Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases None None None None None None None Cynthia M. Tracy George Washington University Professor of Medicine; Associate Director Division of Cardiology, Director of Cardiac Services None None None None None None None This table represents the relationships of committee members with industry and other entities that were determined to be relevant to this document. These relationships were reviewed and updated in conjunction with all meetings and/or conference calls of the writing committee during the document development process. The table does not necessarily re ect relationships with industry at the time of publication. A person is deemed to have a signi cant interest in a business if the interest represents ownership of 5% of the voting stock or share of the business entity, or ownership of $5,000 of the fair market value of the business entity; or if funds received by the person from the business entity exceed 5% of the person s gross income for the previous year. Relationships that exist with no nancial bene t are also included for the purpose of transparency. Relationships in this table are modest unless otherwise noted. According to the ACC/AHA, a person has a relevant relationship IF: a) the relationship or interest relates to the same or similar subject matter, intellectual property or asset, topic, or issue addressed in the document; or b) the company/entity (with whom the relationship exists) makes a drug, drug class, or device addressed in the document, or makes a competing drug or device addressed in the document; or c) the person or a member of the person s household, has a reasonable potential for nancial, professional or other personal gain or loss as a result of the issues/content addressed in the document. *Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their speci c relationships with industry and other entities may apply. Signi cant relationship. No nancial bene t. ACC indicates American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; DSMB, data safety monitoring board; and HRS, Heart Rhythm Society. Appendix 2. Reviewer Relationships With Industry and Other Entities (Relevant) 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia (March 2015) Reviewer Representation Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Eugene H. Chung Official Reviewer HRS University of North Carolina School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine None None None None Zoll Medical None Timm L. Dickfeld Official Reviewer HRS University of Maryland School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center Director, Electrophysiology Biosense Webster None None Biosense Webster* General Electric* None None Samuel S. Gidding Official Reviewer ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Nemours Cardiac Center Division Chief of Cardiology; Jefferson Medical College Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None Richard J. Kovacs Official Reviewer ACC Board of Trustees Krannert Institute of Cardiology Professor of Clinical Medicine Biomedical Systems* None None Siemens AstraZeneca (DSMB) MED Institute* Eli Lilly (DSMB)* Teva Pharmaceuticals None Byron K. Lee Official Reviewer AHA University of California San Francisco Professor of Medicine Biotronik Boston Scientific St. Jude Medical None None Zoll Medical* CarioNet* Defendant, Boehringer Ingelheim, (Continued) Appendix 1. Continued Committee Member Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Voting Recusals by Section* (Continued) Gregory F. Michaud Official Reviewer AHA Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor Boston Scientific Medtronic St. Jude Medical None None Biosense Webster* Boston Scientific* St. Jude Medical* None None Simone Musco Official Reviewer ACC Board of Governors The International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation Cardiology Research Investigator None Bristol-Myers Squibb Sanofi-aventis None None None None Mohan N. Viswanathan Official Reviewer AHA University of Washington School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine Biosense Webster Siemens St. Jude Medical None None Medtronic* None None Seshadri Balaji Content Reviewer Oregon Health and Science University Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Director of Pacing and Electrophysiology None None None Medtronic* None None Nancy C. Berg Content Reviewer ACC Electrophysiology Section Allina Health System None None None None None None Noel G. Boyle Content Reviewer ACC Electrophysiology Section University of California Los Angeles Clinical Professor of Medicine None None None None None None A. John Camm Content Reviewer St. George s University of London Professor of Clinical Cardiology Bayer* Biotronik Boehringer Ingelheim Boston Scientific ChanRx Daiichi-Sankyo Medtronic Menarini Mitsubishi Novartis Richmond Pharmacology* Sanofi-aventis Servier Pharmaceuticals* St. Jude Medical Takeda Pharmaceuticals Xention Pfizer None None None None Robert M. Campbell Content Reviewer ACC Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section Sibley Heart Center Cardiology Director, Chief of Cardiac Services; Emory University School of Medicine Division Director of Pediatric Cardiology, Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None Susan P. Etheridge Content Reviewer ACC Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section University of Utah Training Program Director None None None None None None Paul A. Friedman Content Reviewer Mayo Clinic Professor of Medicine; Cardiovascular Implantable Device Laboratory Director NeoChord None None Biotronik Medtronic St. Jude Medical Preventice Sorin* None Appendix 2. Continued Reviewer Representation Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Page et al 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS SVT Guideline e573 Bulent Gorenek Content Reviewer ACC Electrophysiology Section Eskisehir Osmangazi University Professor and Vice Director, Cardiology Department None None None None None None Jonathan L. Halperin Content Reviewer ACC/ AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Mt. Sinai Medical Professor of Medicine AstraZeneca Bayer Healthcare Biotronik Boehringer Ingelheim Boston Scientific Daiichi-Sankyo Johnson & Johnson Medtronic Pfizer None None None None None Warren M. Jackman Content Reviewer University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus; Heart Rhythm Institute Senior Scientific Advisor Biosense Webster* Boston Scientific* VytronUS* AtriCure* Biosense Webster* Biotronik* Boston Scientific* None None None None G. Neal Kay Content Reviewer University of Alabama Professor Emeritus None None None None None None George J. Klein Content Reviewer London Health Sciences Center Chief of Cardiology Biotronik Boston Scientific Medtronic None None None None None Bradley P. Knight Content Reviewer Northwestern University Professor of Cardiology Boston Scientific Medtronic Biosense Webster Biotronik Boston Scientific Medtronic None None None None John D. Kugler Content Reviewer University of Nebraska Medical Center Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiology None None None None None None Fred M. Kusumoto Content Reviewer Mayo Clinic Professor of Medicine None None None None None None Glenn N. Levine Content Reviewer ACC/ AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Baylor College of Medicine Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Care Unit None None None None None None Marco A. Mercader Content Reviewer George Washington University Associate Professor of Medicine None None None None None None William M. Miles Content Reviewer University of Florida Professor of Medicine, Silverstein Chair for Cardiovascular Education, Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program None None None None Medtronic (DSMB) None Fred Morady Content Reviewer University of Michigan McKay Professor of Cardiovascular Disease None None None None None None Melvin M. Scheinman Content Reviewer University of California San Francisco Professor of Medicine Amgen Biosense Webster Biotronik* Boston Scientific* Gilead Sciences Janssen Pharmaceuticals Medtronic St. Jude Medical None None None None None (Continued) Appendix 2. Continued Reviewer Representation Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Sarah A. Spinler Content Reviewer University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Portola Pharmaceuticals None None None None None William G. Stevenson Content Reviewer Brigham and Women s Hospital Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program St. Jude Medical None None None None None Albert L. Waldo Content Reviewer University Hospitals Associate Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine for Academic Affairs; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine AtriCure Biosense Webster* CardioInsight ChanRx Daiichi-Sankyo Gilead Sciences Pfizer St. Jude Medical* Bristol-Myers Squibb* Janssen Pharmaceuticals Pfizer* None Gilead Sciences* None None Edward Walsh Content Reviewer Harvard Medical School Professor of Pediatrics; Boston Children s Hospital Chief, Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology Biosense Webster None None None None None Richard C. Wu Content Reviewer University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab None None None Boehringer Ingelheim Janssen Pharmaceutical Medtronic None None This table represents the relationships of reviewers with industry and other entities that were disclosed at the time of peer review and determined to be relevant to this document. It does not necessarily reflect relationships with industry at the time of publication. A person is deemed to have a significant interest in a business if the interest represents ownership of 5% of the voting stock or share of the business entity, or ownership of $5000 of the fair market value of the business entity; or if funds received by the person from the business entity exceed 5% of the person s gross income for the previous year. A relationship is considered to be modest if it is less than significant under the preceding definition. Relationships that exist with no financial benefit are also included for the purpose of transparency. Relationships in this table are modest unless otherwise noted. Names are listed in alphabetical order within each category of review. According to the ACC/AHA, a person has a relevant relationship IF: a) the relationship or interest relates to the same or similar subject matter, intellectual property or asset, topic, or issue addressed in the document; or b) the company/entity (with whom the relationship exists) makes a drug, drug class, or device addressed in the document, or makes a competing drug or device addressed in the document; or c) the person or a member of the person s household, has a reasonable potential for financial, professional or other personal gain or loss as a result of the issues/content addressed in the document. *Significant relationship. No financial benefit. ACC indicates American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; DSMB, data safety monitoring board; and HRS, Heart Rhythm Society. Appendix 3. Abbreviations ACHD adult congenital heart disease AF atrial fibrillation AT atrial tachycardia AV atrioventricular AVNRT atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia AVRT atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia BP blood pressure CTI cavotricuspid isthmus ECG electrocardiogram/electrocardiographic ERC Evidence Review Committee EP electrophysiological Appendix 2. Continued Reviewer Representation Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness GWC guideline writing committee IST inappropriate sinus tachycardia MAT multifocal atrial tachycardia PJRT permanent form of junctional reciprocating tachycardia PSVT paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia RCT randomized controlled trial SCD sudden cardiac death SVT supraventricular tachycardia VT ventricular tachycardia WPW Wolff-Parkinson-White Appendix 3. Continued