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Cardiac arrhythmia is usually fatal unless reversed by electric defibrillation. Cardiac arrhythmia is also sometimes referred to as ventricular fibrillation.
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Possibly you mean cardiac arrhythmia? This is a medical term for an irregular heartbeat.
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This drug (a broad spectrum antibiotic) can change the QT interval and that can cause arrhythmia.
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Cardiac arrhythmia refers to abnormal heart rhythm, as measured with an ECG. A "normal" rhythms is called a "Sinus Rhythm", as it originates in the Sinoatrial node of the heart. Any rhythm that originates elsewhere, or deviates from what is considered "normal" is an arrhythmia. There are many types of arrhythmia. On a cardiac monitor, if we see beats that are abnormal, we call the ectopy, or ectopic beats. But as far as a "term for arrhythmia"... that's the term: Arrhythmia.
warning signs of impending cardiac arrhythmia (the heart stops), the most common one is the sudden, abnormal development of increased or reduced heartbeat, Low blood pressure, or weakness.
The known cause of Elvis Presley's death was due to cardiac arrhythmia which in turn was a result of his consistent misuse of the drugs prescribed to him.
Taking anywhere above 13 would be considered an overdose, anywhere above 19 and you will most likely be hospitalized, and taking 24 or more pills will result in cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac arrest.