Cardiology Teaching Package
A Beginners Guide to Normal Heart Function, Sinus Rhythm & Common Cardiac Arrhythmias
Rythms Categorised as Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
There are a number of rhythms that fall into the category of SVT.
These are:
- Atrial tachycardia
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial fibrillation
- Re-entry tachycardia ( with accessory pathway) *
- AV nodal re-entry *
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (AV by-pass tract) *
*Although the last 3 rhythms are important and should be mentioned, we will only deal with the first 3 which are the most commonly seen.
