tachycardia
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This is called Supraventricular Tachycardia and doctors explained this could happen after open-heart surgery.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Some patients develop Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS, which involves lightheadedness and racing heart rates upon standing up.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021
She had previously been diagnosed with something called POTS, or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2020
It took more than three years, countless visits to medical specialists, five ineffective medications and one year off school before Blaney learned the name of his condition: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS.
From US News • Aug. 1, 2016
Tachycardia is the name applied to a more or less permanent increase in the rate of the heart-beat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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