tachycardia
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tachycardias
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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
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 ● Dec. 13, 2023
It is different from paroxysmal tachycardia, in which the heart rate rarely exceeds 180 per minute.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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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