atrial tachycardia

English

Noun

atrial tachycardia (plural atrial tachycardias)

1. (cardiology) A type of heart rhythm problem in which the heart's electrical impulse comes from an ectopic pacemaker in the upper chambers.

Derived terms

• paroxysmal atrial tachycardia

 

Related terms

• atrial fibrillation
• ventricular tachycardia

 

Translations

a type of heart rhythm problem

• Finnish: atriaali takykardia, atriaali tiheälyöntisyys

See also

• angina pectoris
• heart attack
• heart failure

 

Further reading

• atrial tachycardia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia