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Tachycardia: Causes, Types, and Symptoms

If you have sinus tachycardia, they’ll help you pinpoint the cause and suggest things to lower your heart rate. If you have supraventricular tachyc...

Vagal Maneuvers to Slow Heart Rate

Vagal maneuvers are ways to treat a fast heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute that starts in the upper chambers of your heart, the atria. T...

What are The Types of Supraventricular Tachycardia?

If you’ve felt a rapidly beating heart out of the blue, you might have checked into it and come across the term “supraventricular tachycardia,” or ...

Tips for Living with Supraventricular Tachycardia

You put an extra strain on your heart if you’re too heavy. Certain foods might trigger SVT while others are full of minerals that help keep your he...

Cardioversion for AFib

If you have an irregular heartbeat (you might hear it called arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, or AFib), your doctor will probably suggest a treatme...

Catheter Ablation as a Heart Arrhythmia Treatment

Your doctor will choose an ablation method depending on the area of your heart they need to target and how comfortable they are with each procedure...

Atrial Flutter

Atrial flutter is a problem with the way your heart beats. The main danger with atrial flutter is that your heart doesn’t pump blood very well when...

What is Atrial Fibrillation?

Your doctor has treatments to put your heart back into a normal rhythm and prevent complications. Untreated AFib and valve disease each make you mo...

Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a hardening and narrowing of your arteries caused by cholesterol plaques lining the artery over time. Over the years, cholestero...

What is Aortic Valve Stenosis?

You’ll want to take special care of your heart. There are steps you can take, in addition to the treatment plan your doctor recommends, to keep you...

What is MRA?

An MRA is a test that lets your doctor see inside your blood vessels -- your arteries and veins. The technologist will help you get into the correc...

Heart Disease and Stress Tests

A stress test can estimate your risk of having heart disease. You may also be asked to stop taking other heart drugs on the day of your test. They’...