werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (02/22/85)
> Information or suggested reading is gratefully requested > on the topic of paroxymal atrial tachycardia (intermittent rapid pulse). > Susan Micciche The original subject of the article was Cardiac Arrythmia. Well, Tachycardia is not strictly an arrythmia, because it can occur in normal people. Some get it after running (not suprisingly), others when they are nervous or drink too much caffeine. Still others, spontaneously. My sources at Jacobi Hospital tell me that 10-20% of women have the above symptoms, Susan is not alone in that respect. The usual treatment is, in the absence of other symptoms (it can occur as a result of more serious problems, which are usually evident), is to do nothing. Except to say, don't worry! Consult any Physiology text for more details. Guyton is a reasonably good author to try. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!