Wikipedia: Cardiac arrhythmia/tachycardia

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Tachycardia is a general term that is applied in a lot of different contexts.
Most generally it means pathologically increased heart rate.

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Tachycardia, as applied in adult medicine, is defined as a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute (BPM).

* Paroxysmal Tachycardia
** Supraventricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia (SVT)
** Ventricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia (VT)
*** sustained
*** unsustained

Tachycardia, as applied in adult medicine, is defined as a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute (BPM).

Tachycardia is a general term that is applied in a lot of different contexts. Most generally it means pathologically increased heart rate.

Paroxysmal Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia (SVT)
- Ventricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia (VT)
  - sustained
  - unsustained

Tachycardia, as applied in adult medicine, is defined as a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute (BPM).