Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia is the most common form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, or PSVT, in adults. AVNRT occurs when a reentrant circuit is present within the AV node ...

Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia occurs when a reentrant circuit is present outside of the AV node through an abnormal conduction pathway that connects the atrium to the ventricles. If an action ...

Tachycardia is a type of arrhythmia when your heart rate is faster than normal. A healthy resting heart rate for most adults is between 60 and 90 beats per minute (bpm), but adults with tachycardia ...

Narrow-complex tachyarrhythmias are rapid heart rhythms originating in the upper heart chambers, characterized by a QRS duration of less than 120 milliseconds on an EKG. These arrhythmias can be ...

Ventricular tachycardia, or V-tach (VT), and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) are two types of tachycardia. The term “tachycardia” refers to a heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute. The key ...

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...

Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT) is a type of irregular heartbeat in which the heart beats faster than it should. It’s one of many types of heart arrhythmias or irregular heart rhythms. When your ...

This week the FDA has approved a new smartphone ECG device that is capable of detecting three heart arrhythmias takes the form of the AliveCor KardiaMobile. Designed to detect Atrial Fibrillation ...

A 68-year-old man without previous comorbidities presented to the emergency department with complaints of palpitations and giddiness. On examination, his pulse rate was 92 beats per minute, and his ...

For most adults, the heart beats 60 to 100 times per minute. When someone’s heart beats more than 100 times per minute, they have a condition called tachycardia. During certain specific experiences, ...