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Tachycardia

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tachycardia
medical finding, signs den symptoms
Subclass ofheart arrhythmia, finding of heart rate Edit
Health specialtycardiology Edit
Drug or therapy used for treatmentlidocaine Edit
Get characteristicabnormally high value Edit
ICD-9-CM785.0 Edit
Opposite ofbradycardia Edit

Tachycardia, dem sanso call tachyarrhythmia, be a heart rate wey dey exceed de normal resting rate.[1] In general, a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute be accepted as tachycardia insyd adults.[1] Heart rates above de resting rate fi be normal (such as plus exercise) anaa abnormal (such as plus electrical problems within de heart).

Causes

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Sam causes of tachycardia dey include:[2]

  • Adrenergic storm
  • Anaemia
  • Anxiety
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Atrial flutter
  • Atrial tachycardia
  • Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia
  • AV nodal reentrant tachycardia
  • Brugada syndrome
  • Circulatory shock den ein various causes (obstructive shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock, distributive shock)
  • Dehydration
  • Dysautonomia
  • Exercise
  • Fear
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypovolemia
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hyperventilation
  • Inappropriate sinus tachycardia
  • Junctional tachycardia
  • Metabolic myopathy
  • Multifocal atrial tachycardia
  • Pacemaker mediated
  • Pain
  • Panic attack
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Sinus tachycardia
  • Sleep deprivation[3]
  • Supraventricular tachycardia
  • Ventricular tachycardia
  • Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

Drug related:

  • Alcohol (ethanol) intoxication
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Drug withdrawal
  • Tricyclic antidepressants
  • Nefopam
  • Opioids (rare)

References

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  1. 1 2 Awtry EH, Jeon C, Ware MG (2006). "Tachyarrhythmias". Blueprints Cardiology (2nd ed.). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. p. 93. ISBN 9781405104647.
  2. "Supraventricular Tachycardias". The Lecturio Medical Concept Library. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. Rangaraj VR, Knutson KL (February 2016). "Association between sleep deficiency and cardiometabolic disease: implications for health disparities". Sleep Medicine. 18: 19–35. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.535. PMC 4758899. PMID 26431758.
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