Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Located or occurring in a part of the heart that is above the ventricles, as in the atria or the atrioventricular node.
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- adjective anatomy Located above the
ventricles of the heart
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Examples
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Our baby son was born with a congenital heart defect called supraventricular tachycardia.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Our baby son was born with a congenital heart defect called supraventricular tachycardia.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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At 27-weeks-old, her daughter Brooke went into cardiac arrest from a congenital heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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WPW can cause fast heart rates called supraventricular tachycardia.
unknown title 2009
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WPW can cause fast heart rates called supraventricular tachycardia.
unknown title 2009
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An extra electrical pathway that connects the atria and ventricles and can cause supraventricular tachycardia.
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It can cause supraventricular tachycardia – the heart beat very fast – it can cause hallucinations, seizures -Hilleary: I leap.
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The most common effects on the heart are tachycardia and supraventricular tachyarrythmias.
Theophylline 2010
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Is it saying, "You make my heart flutter," or, "You give me a supraventricular tachycardia"?
Valentine's "Winners" Jen 2009
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One example is the well-cited case of Flecainide, which was used for treating supraventricular tachycardia.
thesaraheffect commented on the word supraventricular
"above the ventricles," meaning from the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, atrial
September 26, 2009