Glossary for Feeling the heart skip a beat in the chest

Medical terms related to Feeling the heart skip a beat in the chest or mentioned in this section include:

• Amphetamines -- Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that the use of Amphetamines during pregnancy may cause a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Anemia: Reduced red blood cells in the blood
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Arrhythmia: The occurrence of an irregular heart beat
• Atrial fibrillation: A rhythm disturbance of the heart that results in irregular and chaotic ventricular contractions.
• Breath symptoms: Breath-related symptoms including breath odor
• Caffeine -- Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that exposure to caffeine during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Cardiovascular symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart and related vascular systems.
• Chest pain: Any chest pain must be considered as cardiac in origin until proven otherwise.
• Chest symptoms: Symptoms affecting the chest region.
• Cocaine -- Teratogenic Agent: There is evidence to indicate that exposure to Cocaine during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Cocaine abuse: Stimulant drug with various effects
• Congenital heart disease: Diseases of the heart that one is born with
• Feeling the heartbeat: called palpitations, is the abnormal awareness of ones own heartbeat
• Heart attack: An acute myocardial infarction
• Heart block: is a disease in the electrical system of the heart
• Heart conditions: Any condition that affects the heart
• Heart disease: Any disease that affects that heart but particularly relating to its own blood supply
• Heart failure: A condition which is characterized by an inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently and effectively
• Heart rhythm symptoms: Problems with the rhythm of the heartbeat (arrhythmias)
• Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Heart damage from thickened heart walls.
• Mitral stenosis: Narrowing of the mitral heart valve
• Panic attack: A condition which is characterized by an acute episode of intense anxiety
• Poor appetite: Loss or reduction in appetite for food
• Respiratory symptoms: Symptoms affecting the breathing systems.
• Sinus node dysfunction: electrophysiological abnormalities
• Thyrotoxicosis: hypermetabolic clinical syndrome resulting from serum elevations in thyroid hormone levels, specifically free thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), or both.

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