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
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
A couple of days later, graver symptoms started to appear: gastrointestinal issues, tachycardia, panic attacks, and extreme fatigue that kept him sleeping 20 hours a day.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
She had heart surgery last fall to treat supraventricular tachycardia, an irregularly fast heartbeat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 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)
Even the risk of a specific subset of tachycardias, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardiaswas elevated up to 6 months after the infection and was five times greater in the first month.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Paroxysmal tachycardias are certainly caused by these substances, and the conditions of auricular fibrillation and auricular flutter may be found frequently present if such hearts are carefully examined with cardiographic instruments.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
Many of the so- called tachycardias are really instances of auricular fibrillation or flutter.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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