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Palpitation is feeling ones own heart beat. The heart rate can be normal, increased or even reduced.

Tachycardia on the other hand is increased heart rate. It may or may not be associated with palpitation. Heart rate above 100 beats per min is tachycardia

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Why there is fil of palpitaton and why inappropriate tachycardia?

You are feeling some palpitation due to a skipped beat or an accelerated heartbeat. A feel of palpitation could be as a result of anxiety or stress due to elevated catecholamines and may lead to breathing difficulties or dizziness.


What is the Difference between junctional tachycardia and accelerated junctional rhythm?

An accelerated junctional rhythm has a heart rate between 60 and 100. Meanwhile, a junctional tachycardia has a heart rate >100.


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).


What is the difference between supra ventricular tachycardia and paroxysmal supra ventricular tachycardia?

PSVT are those SVTs which are sudden, abrupt, almost immediate and unexpected onset and are more regular as well... PSVT is just the type of SVT..


What is a palpitation?

A palpitation is an abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart.


What is the relation between the tachycardia and tachypnea?

Tachycardia is an increase in heart rate while tachypnea is an increase in the rate of breathing


What is the difference between tachycardia and bradycardia?

Normal heart beat rate is 60-100 bpm, In basic terms, we call it bradycardia when the heart rate is below 60 bpm, whereas tachycardia is when it exceeds 100 bpm.


What does palpitant mean?

Palpitation is a "symptom". A person is aware of his or her heart beat. When you run for a while and stop you become aware of your heart beat for sometime. That is palpitation. When you are nervous, at times you become aware of your heart beating, that is palpitation. In certain Heart diseases like atrial fibrillation, one can get palpitation.


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.


Put the word palpitation in a sentence?

At first he thought that he was suffering from a heart attack and then he realised that it was simply a palpitation.


What does palpitate?

Palpitation is a "symptom". A person is aware of his or her heart beat. When you run for a while and stop you become aware of your heart beat for sometime. That is palpitation. When you are nervous, at times you become aware of your heart beating, that is palpitation. In certain Heart diseases like atrial fibrillation, one can get palpitation.


What is the difference between sinus tachycardia and inappropriate sinus tachycardia?

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia is a rapid heart rate at rest. The heart rate is more than 100 BPM. If the heart rate is more than 100 BPM less blood fills the coronary arteries so the less energy the heart has. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia needs treatment if the heart rate does not slow down with rest. It is only really a problem at rest. Sinus tachycardia is similar to Inappropriate sinus tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is where the heart rate goes more than 100 BPM. It is normal for it to occur during excerise. Its only at rest it is classed as Inappropriate sinus tachycardia. How it can happen: 1) ST = sinus tachycardia is caused by increased sympathetic imput to the hearts pacemakers. The rythme of the heart is even and regular. Physical activity, Electric shock ( Inappropriate sinus tachycardia or sometimes V-fibb) Drugs These are things that can increases heart rate

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