Supraventricular tachycardia: An overview of diagnosis and ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesIntroduction. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a heterogeneous group of arrhythmias used to describe tachycardias that involve cardiac tissue at the level of the bundle of His or above. 1 The prevalence of SVT is 2.25/1000 persons with a female predominance of 2:1 across all age groups. 2,3 SVT increases patient morbidity, particularly when symptoms are frequent or incessant, and in a ...
Supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraventricular_tachycardiaSupraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an umbrella term for fast heart rhythms arising from the upper part of the heart. This is in contrast to the other group of fast heart rhythms - ventricular tachycardia, which start within the lower chambers of the heart. There are four main types of SVT: atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) and Wolff–Parkinson–…