rapid pulse
Fast beating heart
A rapid pulse is a heartbeat faster than normal, typically above 100 beats per minute in adults.
The term appears in both medical contexts and everyday descriptions of physical states—whether from exertion, anxiety, fever, or excitement: Her rapid pulse betrayed her nervousness.
Also called tachycardia in clinical settings.
- tachycardiaExcessively fast pulse
- heart racingRapid cardiac rhythm
- racing heartAbnormally rapid heartbeat
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- beats per minuteCardiac cycle frequency measure
racing · pounding · heart pounding · flutter · palpitations · adrenaline · fight or flight · anxiety · fever · panic · throbbing · quickening · arrhythmia · chest · chest tightness · wrist · stethoscope · exertion
- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- workout effectssweating, sweat, breathlessness, muscle soreness, soreness
- anemia symptomsfatigue, weakness, pallor, pale skin, dizziness
- Heart Rateresting rate, BPM, beats per minute, average rate, recovery rate
- heart responsesheart rate, slow heartbeat, palpitations, racing heart, pounding heart
- heart sensationspalpitation, palpitations, flutter, fluttering, heart flutter
rapid pulseslow pulse
Low heart rate
bradycardia · slow heart rate · weak pulse · sluggish pulse · resting pulse
rapid pulsebradycardia
Abnormally slow heart rate
heart block · asystole · slow heart rate · slow heartbeat · cardiac arrest
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