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Tachycardia

Tachycardia: Introduction

Tachycardia: Excessively rapid heart beat. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tachycardia is available below.

Symptoms of Tachycardia

• Rapid heart beat
• Rapid heart beat at rest
• Associated symptoms include:
  • Palpitations - see symptoms of palpitations
  • Dizziness
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 7 symptoms of Tachycardia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Tachycardia:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• more tests...»

Tachycardia: Complications

Read more about complications of Tachycardia.

Disease Topics Related To Tachycardia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Tachycardia:

• Sinus tachycardia
• Myocardial infarction
• Paraoxysmal tachycardia
• Postural hypotension
• Beri-beri
• more related diseases...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Tachycardia

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Tachycardia?

• Misdiagnosis of Tachycardia
• Failure to diagnose Tachycardia
• Hidden causes of Tachycardia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Tachycardia

Tachycardia: Self Assessment Tools

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• more tools...»

Tachycardia: Medical Mistakes

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• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Tachycardia: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Tachycardia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Tachycardia

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some...read more »

Rare cancer hidden cause of panic symptoms: The rare cancer pheochromocytoma, an adrenal tumor, can initially have symptoms similar to panic disorder....read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases,...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Tachycardia

Tachycardia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Tachycardia

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Tachycardia:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Tachycardia, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Tachycardia: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
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  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Tachycardia

• Normal heart rate increase as response to various situations:
  • Exercise or exertion
  • Large meal
  • Emotion
  • Nervousness
• more causes...»

See full list of 177 causes of Tachycardia

More information about causes of Tachycardia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Tachycardia (187 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Tachycardia (161 listings)
• Underlying causes of Tachycardia
• Tachycardia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Tachycardia as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Tachycardia

Treatments for Tachycardia

• Treatment of the underlying cause
• Medications
• Artificial pacemaker
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Tachycardia

News Archives for Tachycardia

Medical news articles related to Tachycardia include:

• Rapid Test to Detect Bird Flu in People Approved
• Rapid Test for MRSA Approved
• Rapid Response Teams Can Save Hospitalized Kids
• Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Tachycardia

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Patient Surveys for Tachycardia

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Tachycardia
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Reseach about Tachycardia

Visit our research pages for current research about Tachycardia treatments.

Clinical Trials for Tachycardia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Tachycardia include:

• Iv Amiodarone Versus Iv Procainamide to Treat Haemodynamically Well Tolerated Ventricular Tachycardia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - iv Amiodarone and iv Procainamide
• Epidemiology of Symptomatic Arrhythmias - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Routine Mini-Invasive Electrophysiology Study for Patients Feeling Tachycardia, With a Negative Holter ECG - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• MAVRIC VR ICD Registry - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• INSIGHTS ICD Registry - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 67 Clinical Trials for Tachycardia

Statistics for Tachycardia

• Medical statistics for Tachycardia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Tachycardia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Tachycardia
• Society statistics for Tachycardia

Tachycardia: Broader Related Topics

• Heart disease
• Arrhythmias
• more types...»

Types of Tachycardia

Types of Tachycardia

• Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia - sudden bursts of tachycardia
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Tachycardia

Stories from Users Related to Tachycardia

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Definitions of Tachycardia:

Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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