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  2. Tachycardia - Wikipedia

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    An increase in sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes the heart rate to increase, both by the direct action of sympathetic nerve fibers on the heart and by causing the endocrine system to release hormones such as epinephrine (adrenaline), which have a similar effect. Increased sympathetic stimulation is usually due to physical or ...

  3. Arrhythmia - Wikipedia

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    In adults and children over 15, resting heart rate faster than 100 beats per minute is labeled tachycardia. Tachycardia may result in palpitation; however, tachycardia is not necessarily an arrhythmia. Increased heart rate is a normal response to physical exercise or emotional stress.

  4. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia

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    Lead II electrocardiogram strip showing PSVT with a heart rate of about 180. Specialty: Emergency medicine, cardiology: Symptoms: Palpitations, feeling lightheaded, increased heart rate, sweating, shortness of breath, chest pain [2] Usual onset: Starts and stops suddenly [3] Causes: Not known [3] Risk factors

  5. Supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia

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    A normal resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute. A resting heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute is defined as a tachycardia. During an episode of SVT, the heart beats about 150 to 220 times per minute. [9] Specific treatment depends on the type of SVT [5] and can include medications, medical procedures, or surgery. [5]

  6. Atrial flutter - Wikipedia

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    Atrial flutter is characterized by a sudden-onset (usually) regular abnormal heart rhythm on an electrocardiogram (ECG) in which the heart rate is fast. Symptoms may include a feeling of the heart beating too fast, too hard, or skipping beats , chest discomfort, difficulty breathing , a feeling as if one's stomach has dropped, a feeling of ...

  7. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Although HCM may be asymptomatic, affected individuals may present with symptoms ranging from mild to critical heart failure and sudden cardiac death at any point from early childhood to seniority. [15] [40] HCM is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes in the United States, and the most common genetic cardiovascular ...

  8. Automatic tachycardia - Wikipedia

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    An automatic tachycardia is a cardiac arrhythmia which involves an area of the heart generating an abnormally fast rhythm, sometimes also called enhanced automaticity.These tachycardias, or fast heart rhythms, differ from reentrant tachycardias (AVRT and AVNRT) in which there is an abnormal electrical pathway which gives rise to the pathology.

  9. Palpitations - Wikipedia

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    Supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias often cause sudden palpitations. They start and stop quickly. If someone can stop their palpitations with the Valsalva maneuver it may indicate SVT. [1] Palpitations with chest pain could mean reduced blood flow to the heart. If the person feels lightheaded or faints, arrhythmias should be ...