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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]

Overview

AVNRT is more dominant in lower age and is more related to female gender.

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

  1. name="Electrophysiology : the basics">Steinberg, Jonathan (2017). Electrophysiology : the basics. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Heath. ISBN 9781496340016.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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