ventricular tachycardia
ventricular tachycardia noun: a heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
Noun
ventricular tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural ventricular tachycardias)
- A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
- If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work.
- When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024
Synonyms of ventricular tachycardia
Forms of ventricular tachycardia
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Origin of ventricular tachycardia
From ventricular + tachycardia.
Words formed from ventricular tachycardia
Questions about ventricular tachycardia
- What does ventricular tachycardia mean?
- Ventricular tachycardia means a heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
- What part of speech is ventricular tachycardia?
- Ventricular tachycardia is a noun.
- What is the plural of ventricular tachycardia?
- The plural of ventricular tachycardia is ventricular tachycardias.
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