Tachycardia
Tachycardia: Introduction
Tachycardia: Heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute.
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causes of Tachycardia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Tachycardia:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Tachycardia.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Tachycardia:
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Tachycardia Treatments
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Diagnostic Guides for Tachycardia
Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- MURMURS
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Murmurs
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Murmurs
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Palpitations
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Tachycardia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Palpitations
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Tachycardia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Murmurs
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Palpitations
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Tachycardia
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Murmurs
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Tachycardia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Murmurs
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- MURMURS
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Tachycardia: Self Assessment Tools
Tachycardia: Medical Mistakes
Tachycardia: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Tachycardia
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Tachycardia: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Tachycardia
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Medications or substances causing Tachycardia:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Tachycardia as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Belladonna, Phenobarbital and Ergotamine Tartrate - Transient tachycardia
- Bellergal-S - Transient tachycardia
- Bel-Phen-Ergot S - Transient tachycardia
- Phenerbel-S - Transient tachycardia
- Doxapram Hydrochloride
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medications causing Tachycardia
Drug interactions causing Tachycardia:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Tachycardia as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Amitriptyline (Elavil) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
- Amoxapine (Asendin) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
- Clomipramine (Anafranil) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
- Desipramine (Norpramin) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
- Doxepin (Sinequan) and Duloxetine (Cymbalta) interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Tachycardia
Definitions of Tachycardia:
Tachycardia: Rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates over 90 beats per minute. SYN: polycardia, tachyrhythmia, tachysystole. [tachy- + G. kardia, heart]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Excessive rapidity in the action of the heart.
- (Source - CRISP)
Detailed list of causes of Tachycardia
The list below shows some of the causes of Tachycardia mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Tachycardia
How Common are these Causes of Tachycardia?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Tachycardia.
Of the 190
causes of Tachycardia that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 5
causes are "very common" diseases
- 10
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 8
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 181
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 190
causes of Tachycardia
Conditions listing symptoms: Tachycardia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Tachycardia' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acute intermittent porphyria
... tachycardiaAcute radiation sickness
... tachycardiaAcute Renal Failure
... tachycardia, tachycardia)Acute stress disorder
... TachycardiaAdrenal adenoma, familial
... tachycardiaAdrenal Cancer
... tachycardiaAdrenal gland hyperfunction
... tachycardiaAdrenal incidentaloma
... tachycardiaAdrenal medulla neoplasm
... tachycardiaAldehyde syndrome
... tachycardiaAmitriptyline toxicity
... tachycardiaAmoxapine toxicity
... tachycardiaAmphetamine poisoning
... tachycardiaAnaesthesia complications
... TachycardiaAnticholinergics poisoning
... tachycardiaAplastic anemia
... tachycardiaB
Bacteremia
... TachycardiaBacterial digestive infections
... TachycardiaBacterial diseases
... TachycardiaBacterial meningitis
... TachycardiaBeta-Adrenergic poisoning
... tachycardiaBoerhaave syndrome
... tachycardiaBone-Marrow failure syndromes
... tachycardiaBright's Disease
... tachycardiaC
Caffeine poisoning
... tachycardiaCarbamate insecticide poisoning
... tachycardiaCarcinoid crisis
... tachycardiaCarcinoid syndrome
... tachycardiaClomipramine Toxicity
... tachycardiaCocaine poisoning
... tachycardiaCor Triatriatum
... tachycardiaCutaneous mastocytosis
... TachycardiaCyclic antidepressant poisoning
... tachycardiaD
Deafness - thyroid hormone resistance
... tachycardiaDermatomyositis
... tachycardiaDesipramine toxicity
... tachycardiaDoxepin toxicity
... tachycardiaE
Endocardial fibroelastosis
... tachycardiaG
Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone
... tachycardiaGraves Disease
... tachycardiaGroll-Hirschowitz syndrome
... tachycardiaH
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
... tachycardiaHeart cancer
... TachycardiaHeart conditions
... TachycardiaHeart injury
... TachycardiaHepatorenal tyrosinemia
... tachycardiaHyperadrenalism
... tachycardiaHypokalemic periodic paralysis
... tachycardiaHypovolemia
... tachycardiaI
Imipramine toxicity
... tachycardiaIron deficiency
... TachycardiaL
Loeffler's endocarditis
... tachycardiaM
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 1
... tachycardiaMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 2
... tachycardiaMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 3
... tachycardiaMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 4
... tachycardiaMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 5
... tachycardiaMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 6
... tachycardiaMallory-Weiss syndrome
... tachycardiaMultiple endocrine neoplasia
... TachycardiaMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
... TachycardiaMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
... TachycardiaMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 3
... TachycardiaN
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
... tachycardiaNipah virus encephalitis
... tachycardiaNortriptyline toxicity
... tachycardiaO
Organophosphate insecticide poisoning
... tachycardiaP
Palpitations
... TachycardiaPeanut Allergy
... tachycardiaPenfield syndrome
... tachycardiaPheochromocytoma
... tachycardiaPheochromocytoma as part of Neurofibromatosis
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - Angel's trumpet (D. suaveolans)
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - potato (Solanum tuberosum)
... tachycardiaPlant poisoning - tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
... tachycardiaPostoperative pulmonary embolism
... TachycardiaPostoperative respiratory failure
... TachycardiaPostoperative septicaemia
... TachycardiaPostpartum haemorrhage
... TachycardiaPostpartum hyperthyroidism
... TachycardiaProtozoan Conditions
... TachycardiaProtriptyline toxicity
... tachycardiaPulmonary edema of mountaineers
... tachycardiaPulmonary embolism
... tachycardiaPulmonary heart disease
... TachycardiaQ
Quetiapine toxicity
... tachycardiaR
Respiratory conditions
... TachycardiaRespiratory failure
... TachycardiaRespiratory infections
... TachycardiaRespiratory system cancer
... TachycardiaS
Sedative dependence
... TachycardiaSepsis
... TachycardiaSnake bite
... TachycardiaT
Theophylline poisoning
... tachycardiaToxemia
... TachycardiaTransfusion Reaction
... TachycardiaTrimipramine toxicity
... tachycardiaU
Uhl anomaly
... TachycardiaV
Valvular dysplasia of the child
... TachycardiaVancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteremia
... TachycardiaVariegate porphyria
... tachycardiaVascular malposition
... TachycardiaVentricular extrasystoles perodactyly Robin sequence
... TachycardiaVentricular familial preexcitation syndrome
... TachycardiaVentricular septal defect
... TachycardiaVentriculo-arterial discordance, isolated
... TachycardiaVibrio
... TachycardiaVibrio vulnificus infection
... TachycardiaViral digestive infections
... TachycardiaVolume depletion
... TachycardiaW
Warm-reacting-antibody haemolytic anemia
... TachycardiaWaterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome
... tachycardiaWatermelon stomach
... TachycardiaWestern equine encephalitis
... TachycardiaWheezing
... TachycardiaX
X-linked sideroblastic anemia
... TachycardiaXanthic urolithiasis
... Tachycardia
Conditions listing complications: Tachycardia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Tachycardia' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
H
Hyperthyroidism
... tachycardiaM
Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type
... tachycardia
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Causes of Tachycardia Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Tachycardia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Tachycardia:
Medical Conditions associated with Tachycardia:
Heart rhythm symptoms (1463 causes), Additional Heart Sounds (199 causes), Palpitations (453 causes), Heart symptoms (2438 causes), Arrhythmia (218 causes)
Symptoms related to Tachycardia:
Arrhythmias (124 causes), Bradycardia (55 causes), Heart rhythm symptoms (1463 causes), Pulse symptoms (1463 causes), Palpitations (453 causes)
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