paroxysmal tachycardia

noun

, Pathology.

1. tachycardia that begins and subsides suddenly.

Example Sentences

In the condition known as paroxysmal tachycardia there appears to be no adequate explanation for its onset.

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Paroxysmal tachycardia is another heart condition, in which the heartbeat suddenly speeds up to 160 beats per minute or more.

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The emotional symptoms of both mitral incompetence and paroxysmal tachycardia may involve anxiety and panic attacks.

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Attacks usually come on suddenly and may disappear as suddenly, suggesting paroxysmal tachycardia.

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His first attack of paroxysmal tachycardia came in his thirty-seventh year.

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