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Originally Posted by VisualEcho
I only questioned it because when I had my first SVT (205 bpm at rest), the doctor told me that without SVT, even with strenuous exercise my heart would not exceed 170 bpm (because of my age), and that if I ever got over 150 then I was having an SVT. Not that I'm a specialist, it just seemed to me that 194 was excessive without SVT.
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One can easily get to these heart rate levels via the fight-or-flight response which produces a ton of norepinephrine secretion. Sudden extreme physical or psychological stress does funky things like that.