tachycardia
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Several can detect car crashes or spikes in heart rate as a result of tachycardia, along with such conditions as atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Ardis has also claimed that people with A-fib can soak their feet in a tobacco leaf tea, and expect their condition, or other heart conditions like tachycardia, to disappear “forever.”
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026
Others can develop something called POTS, which stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and can cause sharp spikes in the heart rate and dizziness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024
To understand more about radiation's effects on the heart, the researchers plan to continue their investigations of the patients already receiving radiation therapy for ventricular tachycardia.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
It is for this latter that the term tachycardia has been more particularly used, though occasionally the adjective paroxysmal is attached to it to indicate the intermittent character of the affection.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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