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Sinus tachycardia causes

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Sinus tachycardia can result from various causes which include: cardiovascular (e.g. heart failure, myocardial infarction, cardiac tamponade); side effect of medications (e.g. aminophylline, atropine); infectious (e.g. sepsis); metabolic (e.g. dehydration, hypoglycemia), and many other conditions. It can also be as a result of some acute, life threatening conditions such as alcohol and cocaine overdose, pulmonary embolism, anemia, shock, e.t.c

Causes

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Arteriovenous fistula, cardiac tamponade, heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypotension, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, shock, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Chemical/Poisoning Cyanide, mercury poisoning
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Alprazolam, aminophylline, amphetamines, amrinone, atomoxetine, atropine, caffeine, cocaine, diazoxide, dicobalt edetate, dobutamine, docetaxel, dopexamine, doxapram, doxorubicin, ephedrine, epirubicin, fentanyl, fluvoxamine, hexamethonium, hydralazine, ibutilide, isoprenaline, methylphenidate, methysergide, minoxidil, nelarabine, nicotine, palonosetron, paroxetine, pramipexole, ritodrine, salbutamol, salmeterol, sibutramine, trimethaphan
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Diabetic autonomic neuropathy, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma
Environmental Electric shock
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic Malignant hyperthermia
Hematologic Anemia
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Chagas heart disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, sepsis
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic Diabetic autonomic neuropathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome
Nutritional/Metabolic Dehydration, hypoglycemia, malignant hyperthermia
Obstetric/Gynecologic Peripartum cardiomyopathy, pregnancy
Oncologic Pheochromocytoma
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity Atropine, carbamazepine poisoning, cocaine, hypervitaminosis D, salicylate poisoning, tricyclic antidepressant overdose
Psychiatric Anxiety, bulimia nervosa, panic disorder
Pulmonary Air embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fat embolism, pulmonary embolism, tension pneumothorax
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy Kawasaki disease
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma cardiac injury from blunt trauma
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Alcohol withdrawal, drowning, fever, hypoxia, pain

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

References


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ayokunle Olubaniyi, M.B,B.S [2]