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paroxysmal tachycardia

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noun

Pathology.
  1. tachycardia that begins and subsides suddenly.


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It is different from paroxysmal tachycardia, in which the heart rate rarely exceeds 180 per minute.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

His first attack of paroxysmal tachycardia came in his thirty-seventh year.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

In the condition known as paroxysmal tachycardia there appears to be no adequate explanation for its onset.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Some patients, both men and women, cannot take even a small cup of tea or coffee without an attack of paroxysmal tachycardia.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

Rarely does a patient die of paroxysmal tachycardia.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

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