Supraventricular Tachycardia

It is defining as the heart abnormalities which involved the fast rhythm of heart which is produce above the ventricles. It is also knowing as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Normal heart beat 60-100 beats per minute. Tachycardia occurs when heart beat exceed from the 100 beats per minute. It is occurred due to the abnormal electrical activity at AV nodes.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms appeared intermittently during the attacks, which includes:

Chest pain
Sweating
Dizziness
Headaches
Shortness of breath
Fainting
Palpitations

Causes

There are many causes of tachycardia which include:

Psychological stress
Lack of sleep
Lack of exercise
Thyroid problems
Heart disease
Smoking
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
Surgery
Pregnancy

Complications

Mild signs and symptom does not cause any serious complications but moderate and serious symptoms may cause the complications of left untreated like heart failure and it also weaken the heart muscles and developed the other disease of heart.

Diagnosis

After taking your medical history and family history your doctor may perform the precordial examination and recommend the following test to rule out the other causes of tachycardia:

To check the heart structure and motion
To check the electrical activity of heart
Portable device to check the ECG during the routine work
Stress test. To check any physical abnormality in heart

Treatment

Mild disease does not require any proper treatment but severe disease may require the treatment which include:

Vagal maneuver
Carotid sinus massage
Cardioversion
Medications help to reduce the tachycardia

Lifestyle and Home Remedies

Healthy life style will give you a better outcome of treatment:

Maintain a healthy weight
Eat healthy food
Exercise regularly
Avoid smoking
Keep hypertension under control
Avoid alcohol

Supraventricular Tachycardia