What is supraventricular tachycardia?

Supraventricular tachycardias which originate somewhere above the ventricles, are caused by abnormal circuitry in the heart, usually present at birth, that creates a loop of overlapping signals. Episodes may last only a few seconds or several hours.

How do members experience supraventricular tachycardia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with supraventricular tachycardia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for supraventricular tachycardia*

Who has supraventricular tachycardia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 27
30s 105
40s 112
50s 173
60s 130
70+ 73

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 86
Female 526

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What is supraventricular tachycardia?

Supraventricular tachycardias which originate somewhere above the ventricles, are caused by abnormal circuitry in the heart, usually present at birth, that creates a loop of overlapping signals. Episodes may last only a few seconds or several hours.



Common symptoms reported by people with supraventricular tachycardia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for supraventricular tachycardia

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Compare treatments taken by people with supraventricular tachycardia

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Who has supraventricular tachycardia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 6 new patients joined this month
  • 172 say SVT is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 27
30s 105
40s 112
50s 173
60s 130
70+ 73
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 81
20-29 years 47
30-39 years 47
40-49 years 44
50-59 years 29
60-69 years 6
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 86
Female 526

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 306
Not Diagnosed 5

These charts show data from SVT patients who have completed their condition history
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