tachycardia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- tachycardiac adjective
Etymology
Origin of tachycardia
Example Sentences
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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
“Ayala was also hypertensive and displayed abnormal tachycardia,” immigration officials wrote in the statement.
From Los Angeles Times
“My high blood pressure got too high. I started having tachycardia,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
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
In many cases of supraventricular tachycardia, the abnormal heart rhythm is caused by a small short-circuit in the heart's electrical circuitry.
From Science Daily
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