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Supraventricular Tachycardia (cont.)

Medical Author:
Vibhuti N Singh, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Coauthor:
Monika Gugneja, MD
Medical Editor:
Alan D Forker, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Michael E Zevitz, MD

Next Steps

Follow-up

Your health care provider may want to monitor your progress, depending on the severity of your symptoms and the source of your supraventricular tachycardia. He or she may choose to monitor you for a few weeks or months for the following reasons:

  • To assess the frequency of the recurrence of arrhythmias and heart rate

  • To adjust or change medications based on clinical, repeat ECG, or Holter evaluations

  • To plan further therapy if your condition worsens
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Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a common clinical condition, is any tachyarrhythmia that requires only atrial and/or atrioventricular (AV) nodal tissue for its initiation and maintenance.

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