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Aetiology

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Sinus tachycardia may occur in:

  • hyperdynamic circulation, for example caused by emotion, fever secondary to a variety of infections, anaemia, pregnancy, hyperthyroidism, exercise
  • shock - secondary to haemorrhage
  • myocardial infarction
  • drugs, including atropine, nitrates and adrenaline
  • constrictive pericarditis
  • autonomic dysfunction:
    • diabetes mellitus
    • Shy-Drager syndrome

Others causes include:

  • myocarditis
  • endocarditis
  • smoking, caffeine
  • asthma

Reference

  1. Katritsis DG, Boriani G, Cosio FG, et al. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus document on the management of supraventricular arrhythmias, endorsed by Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardiaca y Electrofisiologia (SOLAECE). Europace. 2017 Mar 1;19(3):465-511.

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