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Descriptor English: Tachycardia
Descriptor Spanish: Taquicardia
Descriptor taquicardia
Entry term(s) taquiarritmia
Scope note: Latidos cardiacos anormalmente rápidos, por lo general con una FRECUENCIA CARDIACA superior a 100 latidos por minuto en adultos. La taquicardia que se acompaña de trastornos en la despolarizacvión cardiaca (arritmias cardiacas) recibe la denominación de taquiarritmia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Taquicardia
Descriptor French: Tachycardie
Entry term(s): Tachyarrhythmia
Tachyarrhythmias
Tachycardias
Tree number(s): C14.280.067.845
C14.280.123.875
C23.550.073.845
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013610
Scope note: Abnormally rapid heartbeat, usually with a HEART RATE above 100 beats per minute for adults. Tachycardia accompanied by disturbance in the cardiac depolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) is called tachyarrhythmia.
Annotation: general or unspecified: prefer specific types; exercise tachycardia = HEART RATE (IM) + PHYSICAL EXERTION (NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13993
Unique ID: D013610
NLM Classification: WG 330.5.T2
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/20
Tachycardia - Preferred
Concept UI M0020996
Scope note Abnormally rapid heartbeat, usually with a HEART RATE above 100 beats per minute for adults. Tachycardia accompanied by disturbance in the cardiac depolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) is called tachyarrhythmia.
Preferred term Tachycardia
Entry term(s) Tachycardias
Tachyarrhythmia - Narrower
Concept UI M0020997
Preferred term Tachyarrhythmia
Entry term(s) Tachyarrhythmias



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