Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) causes episodes of a fast heartbeat. 'Thumping heart' sensations (palpitations) and other symptoms may occur during each episode. Regular medication can prevent episodes of SVT. Another treatment option in some cases is to destroy a tiny part of the heart that triggers the SVT.
Definition of scatology. 1  1 : interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature. 2  2 : the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)
What Hematologists Do. Although hematology is the study of human blood in both health and disease, hematologists usually focus on the disease-related aspects. Blood disorders and disease could include problems with red or white blood cells, the blood vessels, bone marrow, lymph nodes or spleen.edicine is a field with many specialties, one of which is hematology. Hematologists are specialists in diseases and other problems related to the blood. Some hematologists specialize in blood cancers and are called hematologist-oncologists.