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Q: Palpitations during SVT

asked by: kates1982 on November 25th, 2008

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I was diagnosed with a dysautonomia about 14 years ago. Since then I've had very frequent episodes of SVT (several a day) and I've had irregular beats (PAC's and PVC's) although they are usually seperate. Recently, I had a strange episode of SVT (I assume it was SVT) that started with a few skipped beats when I bent over. However during this episode of tachycardia (about 150 bpm) I would get an irregular "skipped beat" every other beat for the duration of the SVT.
I've since seen my doctor and everything seems to check out but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced these skipped beats DURING an episode of tachycardia. To clarify, the episode itself wasn't particularly alarming aside from the irregular beats. It lasted approximately 5 minutes, stopped on it's own, I had no chest pain, very little shortness of breath, and no real dizziness to speak of so I really don't think it was a very serious dysrhythmia. Just wondering if these irregular beats are common with SVT (aside from atrial fib.).
Thanks,
kate

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kfkohio

replied on December 1st, 2008

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Here is what I could find. You may want to click on 'ask a doctor' on the forum so a real MD can answer your question.

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is also called paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). In this condition a series of early beats in the atria speeds up the heart rate. Many people with it don't need medical therapy. Treatment is considered if episodes are prolonged or occur often. This is the most common form of arrhythmia in children.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jht ml?identifier=10

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