TACHYCARDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tachycardia mean? 

• TACHYCARDIA (noun)
  The noun TACHYCARDIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)

  Familiarity information: TACHYCARDIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACHYCARDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tachycardia" is a kind of...):

arrhythmia; cardiac arrhythmia (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)

 Context examples 

When the heart beats faster than normal, it is called tachycardia.

(Arrhythmia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

An electrocardiographic finding of ventricular tachycardia less than 30 seconds in duration.

(Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder present at birth characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of a tachycardia that originates above the ventricles.

(Congenital Supraventricular Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of a tachycardia that originates in the ventricles that is present at birth.

(Congenital Ventricular Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus)

Finally, PPA indirectly stimulates beta-receptors producing tachycardia and a positive inotropic effect.

(Phenylpropanolamine, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of an atrial tachycardia which terminates in less than 30 seconds.

(Non-Sustained Atrial Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Signs and symptoms include dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia, fatigue, and edema.

(Congenital Pulmonary Artery Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Its acts more strongly on beta-receptors than on alpha 1-receptors, reduces peripheral vascular resistance by vasodilation, and prevents reflex tachycardia (beta-blockade) so that heart rate is either unchanged or decreased.

(Carvedilol, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital disorder charactized by an electrocardiographic finding of tachycardia that affects neonates and infants.

(Congenital Bundle of His Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus)

Reflex tachycardia may occur and may be enhanced by blockade of alpha-2 receptors which enhances norepinephrine release.

(Phenoxybenzamine, NCI Thesaurus)