How to Use arrhythmia in a Sentence

arrhythmia

noun
  • Laughter, according to various researchers, can lead to syncope (fainting), arrhythmia, and cardiac rupture.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2014
  • The cause was heart arrhythmia, his wife, Dr. Roz Lasker, said.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • This is a type of arrhythmia that arises in the upper chambers of the heart.
    Markham Heid, Time, 25 July 2023
  • There are about 7,000 deaths a year in kids and young adults from these arrhythmia syndromes.
    Andy Golden, baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • These objects can strike players in the chest with enough force to cause an arrhythmia.
    George Petras, USA Today, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The right side of his heart had broken down, causing arrhythmia.
    Keith Sharon, Orange County Register, 14 June 2017
  • That mechanical force against the heart can disrupt the rhythm of the heart and cause an arrhythmia to occur.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • The inquest lists his cause of death as cardiac arrhythmia.
    Tara John, Melissa Bell and Barbara Wojazer, CNN, 4 June 2020
  • He was pronounced dead just before 9 a.m. due to cardiac arrhythmia caused by use of the drug.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
  • To detect and prevent an arrhythmia that could end his life.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The first was an ablation procedure in which the area of the heart that causes the arrhythmia is destroyed.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But some cases lead to arrhythmia and impaired heart function, or, rarely, the need for a heart transplant.
    Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2020
  • An arrhythmia that, if left untreated, can lead to a stroke and heart failure.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 21 July 2022
  • So there are methods to try to terminate the arrhythmias.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • What had allowed the arrhythmias to spiral out of control?
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • David Lee had 14 points in place of LaMarcus Aldridge, who missed his second straight game with a minor heart arrhythmia.
    Compiled From Mercury News Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2017
  • So how is the rise of arrhythmia-detecting devices playing out in EDs across the country?
    ABC News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Between working long hours to save up for a car, and missing school because of a heart arrhythmia, my grades had begun to slip.
    Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The cause was cardiac arrhythmia, said a daughter, Regina Shafer.
    Washington Post, 1 May 2017
  • He was moved to a clinic Saturday for what his doctors said was heart arrhythmia.
    Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Vallée passed away last year, due to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
  • In some cases, the first sign of a serious arrhythmia is sudden cardiac death.
    Emily Sohn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Fowler said Floyd had a cardiac arrhythmia due to his heart disease while he was restrained by police, prone on the pavement at 38th and Chicago.
    Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Research shows that healthy fatty acids may decrease the risk of abnormal heartbeats called arrhythmias, which can cause parts of the heart to quiver and lose function.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Either too much or too little of it could cause the heart to develop a life-threatening arrhythmia.
    New York Times, 12 May 2021
  • At the outset of his testimony, Fowler said Floyd had a cardiac arrhythmia due to his heart disease.
    Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • And his heart arrhythmia, controlled since 2018, has resurfaced.
    New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • If the arrhythmia isn’t corrected, the heart can’t carry out its normal functions.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • An arrhythmia is a problem that occurs in the heart's specialized electrical system.
    Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
  • Atrial fibrillation is the most common kind of heart arrhythmia, or when the heart beats irregularly, according to the CDC.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024

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