Talk:Supraventricular tachycardia

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I hope that this SVT page is approaching ship shape. It forms a good hub for the tachycardias in general, and I think it is within the grasp of a non-medical audience.

A number of tasks remain (feel free to add to them...):

Toombes 06:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) I agree that a good diagram of the conduction system of the heart, with the locations for the various arrhythmias would be useful.
 * 2) Better referencing... perhaps just the relevent pages from a good cardiology text.
 * 3) Tidy up and expand the articles and stubs that this article references to:
 * Atrial Fibrillation is pretty well finished (previous medical collaboration of the week)
 * Atrial Flutter is well started
 * The rest need some work!

Just as an FYI, Sinus Tachycardia is not considered an SVT, at least from the ACLS perspective. It is a generally normal, if fast, heart rhythm, and is not treated per se; rather, systemic causes are treated instead. All SVTs are abnormal rhythms, with ectopic pacemakers overdrive supressing the SA node's pacemaking attempts. Sinus Tach should be noted as a non-SVT and redirected elsewhere. Aramis1250 00:51, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Sinus tach should be considered an SVT because it is both supraventricular and a tachycardia. Unfortunately, many (but not everyone) use SVT to mean PSVT (paroxysmal SVT), which is when the heart goes from normal to about 180 in no time at all. This doesn't happen with sinus tach, which tends to be a gradual change from normal sinus rhythm. Here is how Dorland's defines it: supraventricular t. (SVT) any regular tachycardia in which the point of stimulation is located above the bundle branches, either in the sinus node, atria, or atrioventricular junction; it may also include those arising from large reentrant circuits encompassing both atrial and ventricular sites. But yes, mention should be made about the two definitions. Mauvila 02:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey guys...just FYI the symptoms section looks like it ends wrong (missing a list?) -Mike Placentra II —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.249.174.250 (talk) 22:28, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a doctor but I'd like to flag a possible issue with the statement in this article that reads "They are caused for a reason other than stress, exercise, or emotion." I've suffered from SVT for 10-15 years and this statement is quite at odds with what my cardiologist said. I can ride my racing bike hard for months without having an episode of SVT. But throw in a bit of work stress (and several cups of strong coffee) and it's almost guaranteed that I'll get an SVT when I'm out on my bike. They almost never happen when I'm going flat out - it's usually immediately after a hard effort, such as when I crest a hill. The only situation I've noticed where they do happen during a hard effort is where I stand up on the pedals. I've always attributed this to the sudden change in blood pressure that accompanies standing up. Happily for me, a home-grown vagal maneuver always makes it go away quickly and sometimes, though not always, I can even do this without stopping and my cycling buddies even noticing (I think the SVT thing freaks them out a bit!).--Cantalach (talk) 16:41, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Fixed (I hope) - although there isn't much about caffeine anywhere in the article yet...TamePhysician (talk) 07:55, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Question
I just want to know after you have the catheter ablasion, what is the chance it will reoccur in the patient? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.80.18 (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to point out that someone has been (expletive deleted)around again, the phrase "Oh, and Miley Cyrus has herpes... Not going to lie." appears twice in the text as of 21:47 MST on 8/31/10, not a member myself, but someone might want to look to that before someone decides to get attorney happy... 65.125.159.131 (talk) 03:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)WISEBEAST
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Its triggered some time by just standing up to fast or geting a hot shower you cant do anything depending on how bad your condition is :) im 21 and had it since birth and got to take it very easy and take regular adenosine and having surgey next month to over come my difficultys   thanks timothy clements- darlington  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.110.227 (talk) 04:52, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

New guideline
10.1161/CIR.0000000000000310 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000311 - whole document

JFW &#124; T@lk  16:06, 6 April 2016 (UTC)