Can mitral valve prolaps cause ventricular tachycardia? Or is it 2 different things?
I have both and my cardiologist wants me to have the surgery where they burn your heart. Would it be worth my time? I get svt's everyday most of them are very mild.
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Mitral valve prolapse is a mechanical condition in which the mitral valve (located between the left atrium and the left ventricle) doesn't close properly. This is a very common condition, and typically is asymptomatic. Sometimes it will lead to exercise intolerance and a fast heart rate, and you will need to take antibiotics before certain procedures (like going to see the dentist), because bacteria can grow on a prolapsed valve much easier than on a regular valve.
Ventricular tachycardia is a conduction abnormality, in which the ventricles recieve a signal to beat much more frequently than they should. The origination of this beat can vary by a lot, and depending on where the signal originates, will help determine the treatment. The problem with ventricular tachycardias, regardless of their origin, is that they predispose you to more serious conduction abnormalities, with ventricular fibrillation (when the ventricles don't beat coherently, and instead just kind of quiver, or fibrillate) as the most serious. Each time your heart goes into ventricular tachycardia, you have an increased chance of going into ventricular fibrillation, which can result in death. If you're having these episodes every day, you need to do something to control it. Whether that option is pharmacological or surgical should be between you and your doctor, who knows all the details of your case.
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What is super ventricular tachycardia and how is it treated?
A higher then normal heart rate, it can be treated with medication. Please be sure to follow your Dr's advice and when in doubt always get a 2nd, 3rd or 4th opinion. The medication will slow the heart rate down. Best Wishes and Happy Holidays. (
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Does anyone here experience SVT, or Super Ventricular tachycardia?
I think I am experiencing it now and then but wanted to ask other people. If you get it, what does it feel like, what are your symptoms?
It is scary so if you know about this please answer.
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I've never had it, but I'm an ER nurse and have seen many patients with it. Most can tolerate it pretty well, although it is scary. If you're worried about it, go see your doctor. He'll probably do some blood work to make sure it's not something else, and there is also something called a halter monitor that you can wear. It's basically a portable cardiac monitor that you wear that keeps track of any cardiac arrhythmias that develop so they can be diagnosed.
The hard part sometimes is diagnosing it because some people only get it in short bursts (when they're not wearing a monitor), but start with seeing your doctor and go from there.
***EDIT: This is what frustrates me: LeAnne and Peanut, although they call themselves nurses, they really don't know what they're talking about. PLEASE ignore them... even if I'm not a hundred percent sure, I usually double check myself before I post an answer, and if I don't I say so so I don't mislead people. (
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do exercise monitors capture ventricular tachycardia?
I am not particularly using the exercise monitor to track VT, but when it goes over my max heart rate and shows a super fast rate, I wonder if it is just picking up "artifact" or a VT - I have an ICD and wonder when that happens if I should prepare for a shock. Could you explain your answer a bit more?
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No an exercise monitor is not picking up a VT, it is artifact. Your implanted defib would have gone off and you would have noticed. I am a paramedic and we see, what looks like VT or V Fib, all the time when in the back of a bouncy rescue. (
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Is ventricular tachycardia the same thing as sinus tachycardia?
No
Sinus tach is a heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute that originates from the heart's "natural pacemaker"--the sino-atrial node. When you have a fever or exercise and your heart rate goes higher than 100--you are most likely in sinus tach.
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a fast (>100) rhythm from the bottom chambers of the heart--it is a serious and often fatal anormal heart rhythm (
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Is supra ventricular tachycardia (SVT), a congenital disease ?
My friend, 28, while on ski vacation was diagonsed w/ SVT and the cardiologist he/she saw recommended a cardiac ablation to cure his/her disease. His/her travel insurance does not cover pre-existing conditions. Is SVT considered a congenital disease or can he/she medically prove that this incident happened during a travel and never existed before he/she commenced his/her vacation.
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One episode of SVT does not warrent having an ablation! He/she needs to get a second opion before doing anything, It might never come up again, or it could happen every day! Beta blockers tend to help control SVT sufficiently. An ablaion should only be considered after an extended period of time and somebody being very symptomatic! (
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what is th difference between sinus tachycardia, ventricular tachyardia and supventricular tachyardia?
I had a few skips that went into a very fast heart rate the other day and I am just wondering which would it could have been and how do they tell which one. I went to ER everything checked out OK
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Sinus tach comes from the SA node in the heart, the normal "pace-maker" of the heart. Ventricular tach is a rapid heart rate that originates in one or both of the ventricles and often doesn't produce a pulse. Supra-ventricular tach is a rapid heart rate that originates anywhere above the ventricles. Without seeing the rhythm on a heart monitor, it's impossible to say which you had.
Don't rely on the ER for a problem such as this. They're designed for emergencies, putting band-aids on and telling you to see your doctor, etc. Make an appointment with a cardiologist who can order tests, procedures, etc. to determine the cause and then treat it.
Good luck...
Add: To "the doctor" -- WHAT!?! Sinus = the nose area??? You're full of it, buddy. Where did you get your degree? Never mind, I can tell you don't have one... (
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Closest thing to ventricular tachycardia?
Im doing a science fair project and I want it to somewhat be related to that topic (ventricular tachycardia) any ideas?
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Atrial Fibrillation.
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Ventricular Fibrillation (Happens before V-tach)
V Fib looks like this on a monitor (as close as I can show)
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Is there anyone out there who has been suffering from SVT (Super Ventricular Tachycardia) ?
Ther IS a cure now. I suffered for 12 yrs before (By chance) I was told by a heart serion that there was now a cure. 6Weeks later and after only a walk in proceedure I am completely cured and off all medication. Am willing to point others in the right direction
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I know you have good intentions, but treatment has to do with the cause of the problem more than just the problem, so your statement may give false hope to some people when there cause cannot be cured as easily or at all. Thank you though for sharing your story, hopefully many CAN benefit from it too.
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What drug is used to treat suprventricular tachycardia? What drug is used to treat ventricular tachycardia?
WOW that is a very specific question. SVT is interesting, sometimes it is not necessarialy SVT. It can be uncontrolled AFIB, but the heart is going so fast it is difficult to see on a monitor untill it is slowed down. Sometimes the doctor will ask the patient to bear down if not feeling chest pain or lightheadedness. The other mediction used is called adenosine. I have seen this work first hand, and i love watching it everytime. What happens is the doctor injects this medication by IV push, and we tell the patient that they may feel awful for about 30 seconds. On the monitor you can physically see the medication working, it stops the heart for a split second then restarts it in a Normal Sinus Rhythm. The patient feels awful as their heart was going about 200bpm then stopped and restarted at 60bpm. That would make anyone feel awful.
Ventricular tachycardia is different. Normally it is not sustained, and therefore people may experience period where they pass out and don't know why. This can be caused by many different things but potassium and magnesium imbalances seem to be most common. Sometimes it just takes treatment of the electrolyte imbalance and the VT goes away. Other times VT can be sustained and the patient needs to be cardioverted, done by a cardiologist or internist(in emerg). If the Vt is nonsustained and the patient is asymptomatic then antiarrythmia drugs are normally used to control the VT. The patient may go home on these medications and follow up with a cardiologist throughout the year. (
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