Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia Symptoms is Not Always Life Threatening

Arrhythmia is also called as cardiac dysrhythmia. It is a group of the diverse conditions of abnormal activity in the heart or abnormal heartbeat. In arrhythmia, the heart beat may be too slow or too fast and irregular. The condition at which is the heartbeat is too fast is called as tachycardia and when the heartbeat is too slow, it is called as bradycardia. Arrhythmia may be harmless or life threatening. Life threatening arrhythmia can result in cardiac arrest and sudden death. Either of...

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Types of Arrhythmias And Stages

There are two main types of Heart rate abnormalities - Tachycardia and Bradycardia. In the former case, the heart beat is more than 100 beats for a minute and in the latter case, the heart beat will be lesser than 60 beats per minute. The patient’s life is at risk when the heart does not function properly and there are many treatments for this problem. When arrhythmia starts in the atria, it is termed as atrial or supraventicular and those beginning from the ventricles are termed as...

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Arrhythmia Causes – Why Does Arrhythmia Occur?

Heart is an organ of the body that pumps blood into the body with the help of its four chambers. This sequence is controlled by a group of cells which are responsible for controlling the electrical activities taking place in the heart. When this regular sequence gets disturbed, then arrhythmia occurs.

Thus arrhythmias are abnormal conditions in the heart where they cause the heart to pump blood less effectively. It has been seen that arrhythmia causes the heart to skip a beat or show a...

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Arrhythmia Treatment

If the patient’s case is severe and cannot be managed, immediate medication is required. In the case of mild symptoms, a normal check up is sufficient. However the check up for the treatment for arrhythmia needs to be regular. The various type of arrhythmia treatment are surgery (in severe cases or when the situation is fatal), medical devices (pacemakers and defibrillator for example), non surgical procedures when the patient’s condition is mild or sometimes left unnoticed by the patient...

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What is Arrhythmia?

Arrhythmia – A complete Overview

What is arrhythmia? A lot of people are asking about it. Arrhythmia is a kind of irregular heartbeat. The heart has four kinds of beating pattern :The tachycardia: The tachycardia is when the heart beats too fast.The bradycardia: The heart beats too slowlyPremature contraction: When the heart beats  too earlyFibrillation: When the heart beats too irregularly.

So when we think what is arrhythmia we should know that it is a mismatch of heart rhythm. It...

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