{"id":405,"date":"2008-07-25T19:26:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.com\/is-supraventricular-tachycardia-svt-a-dangerous-arrhythmia"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T06:22:32","slug":"is-supraventricular-tachycardia-svt-a-dangerous-arrhythmia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/is-supraventricular-tachycardia-svt-a-dangerous-arrhythmia\/","title":{"rendered":"Is SVT a Dangerous Arrhythmia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Is SVT a dangerous arrhythmia?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14412 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/SVT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"82\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ECG strip showing supraventricular tachycardia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Supraventricular tachycardia known in short as SVT, is a fast regular heart rhythm originating above the ventricles, usually in the atrioventricular node or in the atrium. Usually it is not fatal and can be treated in any cardiac set up. If left untreated for a long period, it can weaken the heart due to overwork, a condition known as tachycardiomyopathy.<\/p>\n<p>Recurrence can be prevented either by long term medication or by a procedure known as radiofrequency catheter ablation. In radiofrequency catheter ablation, the source of the tachycardia is initially identified by mapping with multiple electrodes within the heart. Once the site is localised, radiofrequency energy is delivered at the site using an ablation catheter and the abnormal focus is elliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is SVT a dangerous arrhythmia? ECG strip showing supraventricular tachycardia Supraventricular tachycardia known in short as SVT, is a fast regular heart rhythm originating above the ventricles, usually in the atrioventricular node or in the atrium. Usually it is not fatal and can be treated in any cardiac set up. If left untreated for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrical-system-of-the-heart"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is SVT a Dangerous Arrhythmia? - All About Heart And Blood Vessels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/is-supraventricular-tachycardia-svt-a-dangerous-arrhythmia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is SVT a Dangerous Arrhythmia? - All About Heart And Blood Vessels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is SVT a dangerous arrhythmia? 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