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Tachycardia is abnormal elevation of heart rate. It could indicate fear, fever, too much coffee, electrical abnormalities in the heart, love, sexual arousal, and a host of other normal and abnormal conditions.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 10y agoI am not sure what you mean by "cellular definition" but a tachycardia could be caused by to many action potentials being generated by the cells of the sinuatrial node, thus increasing the heart rate.
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∙ 14y agoDo you mean tachycardia? It is the medical term for increased heart rate.
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∙ 10y agoTachypneic is the term for rapid breathing, tachycardia is a rapid heart rate. There isn't one general term for both of them together.
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∙ 10y agoTachycardic means pertaining to tachycardia, or rapid heart beat.
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∙ 8y agoThat is a fast heartbeat. "Tachy-" indicates speed, and "cardi" has to do with the heart.
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∙ 9y agoTachypnea is a medical term meaning abnormally fast breathing.
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∙ 12y agoThe term for tachycardia is tachycardia.
It means a rapid heart rate.
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∙ 8y agoIt means a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute and can be caused by a number of things. Some are normal like running a long distance. Another but abnormal one is due to Afib.
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What is a term used to describe a sudden arrhythmia such as an atrial tachycardia?
Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia
Term for increased pulse?
Tachycardia
Make a sentence using the word tachycardia?
Tachycardia is the term used to refer to a heartbeat outside the normal range. An example sentence is: Her tachycardia was alarming.
What is the term for a rapid but regular pulse beat?
tachycardia
Is tachycardia a symptom of myopathy?
Tachycardia is a heart rate that is faster than normal. Myopathy is a broad term for muscle weakness or muscular diseases. While tachycardia is not a symptom of myopathy, tachycardiomyopathy is a condition where muscles of the heart are weakened because of tachycardia.
What is the medical term meaning Rapid but regular atrial or ventricular contractions?
Tachycardia
What is the medical term meaning very rapid heartbeat beginning in the ventricles?
Ventricular tachycardia is the term for rapid heart rate starting in the ventricles. Any resting pulse rate over 100 in an adult is defined as tachycardia.
Increased heart beat?
Above 100 beats per minute, the term for this tachycardia.
What is the medical term meaning pounding or racing heart?
Palpitation is the medical term meaning a heightened percetion of your own heart rate, which may feel like pounding or racing. It may occur with regular rhythm, or with irregular rhythm (arrhythmia).
Is Paroxysmal tachycardia the same as unsustained tachycardia?
No, it is not Paroxysmal tachycardia gives you the ability to watch the ``coming and going`` of tachycardia. Unsustained tachycardia has little to no change in rhythm rate.
How does multifocal atrial tachycardia progress?
Atrial fibrillation can be caused by the multifocal atrial tachycardia progression. The multifocal atrial tachycardia, mostly, progress and presents itself as other forms of atrial tachycardia, including but not limited to, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy.
What is a Supraventricular event?
A supraventricular tachycardia is tachycardia (heart rate > 100) that originates above the AV node, in the atria. There are several different forms of supraventricular tachycardia, including sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, multifocal atrial tachycardia, and a nebulous condition called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Many people also consider junctional tachycardia a supraventricular tachycardia.
