Glossary for Heart arrhythmias

Medical terms related to Heart arrhythmias or mentioned in this section include:

• Alcohol -- Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that exposure to Alcohol 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.
• Antimony poisoning: A type of heavy metal poisoning caused by excessive exposure to antimony.
• Arrhythmias: The occurrence of irregular heart beats
• Arrythmia: The occurrence of irregular heart beats
• Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita -- pulmonary hypoplasia: A rare congenital syndrome involving degeneration of the brain and spinal cord and characterized by facial, head, skeletal and muscular abnormalities. Reduced fetal activity causes many of the problems.
• Atrial fibrillation: A rhythm disturbance of the heart that results in irregular and chaotic ventricular contractions.
• Atrial flutter: Heart arrhythmia where atria beat more often than ventricles
• 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.
• Cardiomyopathy: A condition characterized by an increase in the size of the heart
• 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.
• Electrolyte imbalance: impairment in the level of electrolytes in the body
• Head symptoms: Symptoms affecting the head or brain
• 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 rhythm symptoms: Problems with the rhythm of the heartbeat (arrhythmias)
• Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
• Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis: A rare inherited genetic condition characterized by temporary periods of severe muscle weakness. The condition tends to be more severe in males and can be triggered by stress, fasting, rest after exercise and eating foods high in potassium.
• Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar levels
• Irregular heartbeat: An irregular beat of a persons heart
• Palpitations: Abnormality of the heart beat that person can feel
• Pena Shokeir syndrome, type 1: A rare congenital syndrome involving degeneration of the brain and spinal cord and characterized by facial, head, skeletal and muscular abnormalities. Reduced fetal activity causes many of the problems.
• Respiratory symptoms: Symptoms affecting the breathing systems.
• Smoking: The smoking of cigarettes
• Stress: Emotional stress (sometimes refers to physical stress)
• Weight symptoms: Symptoms related to body weight.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Heart arrhythmias:

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