Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial
"Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Abnormally rapid heartbeats originating from one or more automatic foci (nonsinus pacemakers) in the HEART ATRIUM but away from the SINOATRIAL NODE. Unlike the reentry mechanism, automatic tachycardia speeds up and slows down gradually. The episode is characterized by a HEART RATE between 135 to less than 200 beats per minute and lasting 30 seconds or longer.
| Descriptor ID |
D013612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.067.845.880.315 C23.550.073.845.880.315
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| Concept/Terms |
Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial- Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial
- Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia
- Atrial Tachycardia, Ectopic
- Atrial Tachycardias, Ectopic
- Ectopic Atrial Tachycardias
- Tachycardias, Ectopic Atrial
- Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia
- Atrial Ectopic Tachycardias
- Ectopic Tachycardia, Atrial
- Ectopic Tachycardias, Atrial
- Tachycardia, Atrial Ectopic
- Tachycardias, Atrial Ectopic
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