Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Otherwise synchronized cardioversion is the treatment. [4] Future episodes can be prevented by catheter ablation. [3] About 2.3 per 1000 people have paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. [5] Problems typically begin in those 12 to 45 years old. [3] [5] Women are more often affected than men. [3]
Effective treatment consequently requires knowledge of how and where the arrhythmia is initiated and its mode of spread. [27] Lifestyle changes, medication and heart procedures may be needed to control or eliminate the rapid heartbeats and related symptoms. [9] SVTs can be categorised by whether the AV node is involved in maintaining the rhythm.
AV nodal reentrant tachycardia is the most common regular supraventricular tachycardia. It is more common in women than men (approximately 75% of cases occur in females). The main symptom is palpitations. Treatment may be with specific physical maneuvers, medications, or, rarely, synchronized cardioversion.
WPW syndrome may be monitored or treated with either medications or an ablation (destroying the tissues) such as with radiofrequency catheter ablation. [4] It affects between 0.1 and 0.3% in the population. [1] The risk of death in those without symptoms is about 0.5% per year in children and 0.1% per year in adults. [5]
Treatment: There is no specific treatment for hand, foot, and mouth disease but the CDC says that taking over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen can help to relieve fever and ...
Amiodarone has been used both in the treatment of acute life-threatening arrhythmias as well as the long-term suppression of arrhythmias. [13] Amiodarone is commonly used to treat different types of abnormal heart rhythms, such as atrial arrhythmias (supraventricular arrhythmias) and ventricular arrhythmias.
Verapamil is also used for the treatment of angina (chronic stable, vasospastic or Prinzmetal variant), unstable angina (crescendo, preinfarction), and for the prevention of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). [18] Verapamil is a class-IV antiarrhythmic and more effective than digoxin in controlling ventricular rate. [19]
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a cardiovascular disorder in which fast heart rate occurs in the ventricles of the heart. [3] Although a few seconds of VT may not result in permanent problems, longer periods are dangerous; and multiple episodes over a short period of time are referred to as an electrical storm.