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What Can Trigger Supraventricular Tachycardia?

Always check with your doctor before taking any drugs, either prescription or over-the-counter. The symptoms are similar: a racing heart, light-hea...

What are The Symptoms of Supraventricular Tachycardia?

The term “tachycardia” comes from Latin and means “fast heartbeat.” And that’s the main symptom -- your heart feels like it’s racing really fast an...

What are The Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation?

You might feel a flutter or quiver in your chest when your heart beats. Your doctor may have to treat you to bring your heart back into the right r...

Maze Procedure (Surgical Ablation) for AFib

If you have an irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), you may need surgery to make your heart rhythm normal again. It may cause ...

What is Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation?

This is sometimes called 'holiday heart syndrome' because it was first noticed after weekends or holidays when many people drink more. If your doct...

What are The Treatments for AFib?

You'll see your doctor for a blood test every month to make sure the medication is working and you're on the right dose. Heart rate medicines: The ...

Atrial Fibrillation Health Center

Normally, the top part of your heart (the atria) squeezes first, then the bottom part (the ventricles). Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbe...

Medications that Treat Atrial Fibrillation

Blood can pool in the atria and form clumps called clots. Blood-thinning medicines help prevent blood clots. Blood clots can move to other parts of...

What is Brugada Syndrome?

About 30% of people who have it have a problem with a gene that helps their heart stay in normal rhythm. If you're diagnosed with the syndrome, you...

Cardiac Ablation

If you don’t treat AFib, your odds of blood clots, heart failure, or a stroke go up. Cardiac ablation may be right for you if AFib symptoms are mor...

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...