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Heart Rate Irregular (Arrhythmia)
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Heart Rate Irregular (Arrhythmia)
Arrhythmia is when a person's heart rate or rhythm does not fit a regular pattern - beating too quickly (called tachycardia), too slowly (called bradycardia), or with an irregular beat.
Symptom classification
Body areaChest
Body areaHeart
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
46- Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
- Alcohol Intoxication
- Amphetamine Intoxication
- Amyloidosis
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aplastic Anemia
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Block
- Atrioventricular Septal Defect
- Caffeine Intoxication
- Chagas Disease
- Changas Disease
- Cocaine Abuse
- Cocaine Intoxication
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Crush Injury
- Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy
- Ectopic Supraventricular Rhythms
- Eisenmengers Syndrome
- Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Hyper Magnesemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypoaldosteronism
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypomagnesemia
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Kidney Failure
- Lightning Injuries
- Mesothelioma
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Polymyositis
- Rabies
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Renovascular Hypertension
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Scorpion Stings
- Sinus Node Dysfunction
- Variant Angina
- Ventricular Premature Beats
Drugs where this is listed as a side effect
57- Alemtuzumab
- Amiodarone
- Amphotericin
- Ancestim
- Benzhexol
- Benztropine
- Bicalutamide
- Biperiden
- Carbamazepine
- Clomipramine
- Colchicine
- Cyproheptadine
- Dasatinib
- Dexchlorpheniramine
- Docetaxel
- Dolasetron
- Dopamine
- Dothiepin
- Doxepin
- Erythromycin
- Flecainide
- Fluphenazine
- Haloperidol
- Imipramine
- Inteferon alfa
- Lenograstim
- Levodopa with Benserazide
- Levodopa with Carbidopa
- Lignocaine
- Lithium
- Loratadine
- Mepivacaine
- Mianserin
- Midazolam
- Naratriptan
- Nimodipine
- Nortriptyline
- Oxcarbazepine
- Paliperidone
- Pericyazine
- Pheniramine
- Phentermine
- Primaquine
- Quinidine
- Reteplase
- Risperidone
- Rituximab
- Roxithromycin
- Sibutramine
- Sotalol
- Theophylline
- Thioridazine
- Timolol
- Tramadol
- Tretinoin
- Trimipramine
- Tropisetron