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Understanding Tachycardia Causes Video
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Video at a Glance
- This video helps healthcare providers decide if tachycardia is caused by an issue with the heart or something else going on in the body.
- Tachycardia is a heart rate of over 150 for adults, 180 in children, and 220 in infants. If the heart rate is less than those numbers, it usually isn’t a heart problem.
- In adults, heart rates of well over 150 are usually heart issues.
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