CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tachycardia (tak-ih-KAHR-dee-uh) is the medical term for a heart rate over 100 beats a minute. Many types of irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias) can cause tachycardia. A fast heart rate isn’t always a concern. For instance, the heart rate typically rises during exercise or as a response to stress.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tachycardia means that your heart is beating much faster than normal, usually more than 100 beats per minute. Some forms of tachycardia are not serious and easily treated while others can be life-threatening.

Detailed explanation-3: -(TA-kih-KAR-dee-uh) Rapid beating of the heart, usually defined as greater than 100 beats per minute.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is tachycardia? When you have tachycardia, your heart beats faster than normal for a few seconds to a few hours. Normally, your heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute when you’re not active. When your heart beats more than 100 times a minute at rest, that’s tachycardia.