Solid Biosciences said federal regulators have granted its fast-track designation for the company's investigational gene therapy for the treatment of a heart rhythm condition.

She showed it to me and the diagnosis was clear: supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT, a type of arrhythmia often affecting young and healthy people. Her episodes occurred at rest, not during stress.

A cardiologist at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown has become one of the first in the area to implant a device designed to help patients with tachycardia.

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People who have an abnormally fast heart rhythm, such as supraventricular tachycardia, tend to have heart rates in the range of 150 to 250 beats per minute.

The approval was based on data from 5 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials that included 317 patients with supraventricular tachycardia.

Q: What is the difference between atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia? A: While both conditions are rapid, abnormal heart rhythms that originate in the upper part of the heart ...