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Supraventricular Tachycardia

Supraventricular Tachycardia: Introduction

A type of heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia) where a rapid heart beat that originates in upper heart chambers (atria). The severity of SVT can vary greatly. It can last for a few minutes and cause little or no symptoms or it can last for hours and cause palpitations, chest pain, light headedness, shortness of breath and even fainting in rare cases. The symptoms occur because the rapid heart beat prevents the heart from functioning efficiently and results in a reduced oxygen supply to the body. Causes of SVT include lung disease, certain medications and abnormal heart structure. Also called SVT or atrial tachycardia.

Symptoms of Supraventricular Tachycardia

• Increased heart rate
• Palpitations
• Chest pain
• Hypotension
• Nocturnal cough
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See full list of 14 symptoms of Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Medical Textbooks Online about Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Misdiagnosis and Supraventricular Tachycardia

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes...read more »

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Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children...read more »

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Supraventricular Tachycardia: Rare Types

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Causes of Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Treatments for Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Clinical Trials for Supraventricular Tachycardia

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Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Supraventricular Tachycardia include:

• Epidemiology of Symptomatic Arrhythmias - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Reducing Episodes by Septal Pacing Efficacy Confirmation Trial (RESPECT) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Multicenter Study of Antiarrhythmic Medications for Treatment of Infants With Supraventricular Tachycardia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - digoxin and propranolol
• European Multicenter Study RF Versus Cryo in AVNRT - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Prevention of Atrial Tachycardia After a Right Atriotomy - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
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