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Dr. Timm Dickfeld answers the question: 'What Is Supraventricular Tachycardia?' — -- Question: What does SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) mean, and is it similar to atrial fibrillation ...

The incidence of supraventricular tachycardia is about 35 cases per 100,000 persons per year, and the prevalence is about 2.25 per 1000 (excluding atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common pathologic supraventricular tachycardia, affecting more than 3 million people in the United States 3 and many more worldwide. 4 Risk factors for atrial ...

Symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia include a rapid heartbeat, a "fluttering" heart, dizziness ... More on Atrial Fibrillation. A Guide to Understanding Atrial Fibrillation. Diagnosing AFib: ...

While supraventricular tachycardia could theoretically include atrial fibrillation, most of us don't include atrial fibrillation with SVT, and these guidelines specifically don't include the ...

Supraventricular tachycardia is a term used to describe any heart rhythm that is greater than 100 beats per minute originating from above the AV node (the atrium). The term “SVT” can be ...

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005;28(12):1322-1346. The performance of SVT-VT discriminators is linked to boundaries between detection zones for ventricular arrhythmias. In Guidant ICDs, this link ...

Uses Examples: Beta-blockers : Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) Tenormin (atenolol), Lopressor (metoprolol) ...

Modes of presentation include documented SVT, palpitations, chest pain, syncope, atrial fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death; the need to differentiate symptoms of SVT from those of panic and ...