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AVNRT epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
AVNRT is more dominant in lower age and is more related to female gender.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of AVNRT is approximately 89,000 in US annually.[1]
Prevalence
- The prevalence of AVNRT is approximately 570,000 per US population
Age
- Mean age of symptom onset is 32 ± 18 years.[2]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to AVNRT.
Gender
- AVNRT affects women more than men.[3]
Region
- The prevalence of AVNRT globally is similar to the united states.
- There is insufficient evidence suggesting a region being more vulnerable to disease.
References
References
- ↑ name=”Electrophysiology : the basics”>Steinberg, Jonathan (2017). Electrophysiology : the basics. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Heath. ISBN 9781496340016.
- ↑ Quattrocelli, Amanda; Lang, Janet; Davis, Andrew; Pflaumer, Andreas (2018). “Age makes a difference: Symptoms in pediatric supraventricular tachycardia”. Journal of Arrhythmia. 34 (5): 565–571. doi:10.1002/joa3.12103. ISSN 1880-4276.
- ↑ Ghani, A.; Maas, A. H. E. M.; Delnoy, P. P. H. M.; Ramdat Misier, A. R.; Ottervanger, J. P.; Elvan, A. (2010). “Sex-Based Differences in Cardiac Arrhythmias, ICD Utilisation and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy”. Netherlands Heart Journal. 19 (1): 35–40. doi:10.1007/s12471-010-0050-8. ISSN 1568-5888.
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