Cardiac arrhythmia is a change in the rhythm and/or frequency of the heartbeat, causing symptoms such as palpitations, irregular or slow heartbeats, chest pain, dizziness or fainting. Under normal conditions, the heart rate at rest is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Cardiac arrhythmia can cause the heart to beat faster, slower or out of […]
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Symptoms of cardiac arrhythmia include a feeling of the heart palpitating or racing and can appear in people with a healthy heart or who already have heart disease, such as high blood pressure or heart failure. Arrhythmia can occur at any age, but it is more common in the elderly and in most cases, it […]
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Cardiac arrhythmia can be cured, but it must be treated as soon as the first symptoms appear to avoid possible complications caused by the disease, such as heart attack, stroke, cardiogenic shock or death. The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia will depend on the severity of the symptoms, whether or not it is associated with other […]
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Ventricular arrhythmia is when the stimulus that causes the heartbeat appears somewhere in the ventricles, causing abnormal heartbeats, which can cause symptoms such as chest pain or weakness, and even cardiorespiratory arrest. Although the cause is not always identified, ventricular arrhythmias generally occur due to diseases that affect the heart, such as coronary disease or […]
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Sinus arrhythmia is a type of variation in heart rate that is almost always related to breathing, and when you breathe in, there is an increase in the number of heartbeats and, when you breathe out, the rate tends to decrease. This type of change is very common in babies, children and adolescents, and does […]
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Sinus tachycardia is an arrhythmia in which the heart beats are above 100 per minute, which can cause the sensation that the heart is racing and/or beating hard, in addition to symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain or dizziness in some cases. people. This arrhythmia is most often caused by anxiety, pain, fever […]
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The heart is the main organ of the cardiovascular system, it is about the size of a closed hand and shaped like a cone. The weight of the heart varies according to the person’s body weight, age and sex, generally being between 230 g and 340 g in adults. The heart is located below the […]
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Supraventricular tachycardia is a disorder that generates changes in electrical impulses in the upper part of the heart, called the atrium, causing an increase in heart rate, and which can lead to symptoms such as palpitation, dizziness, a feeling of heaviness in the chest, tiredness or shortness of breath. This tachycardia may be favored by […]
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Ventricular tachycardia is a disorder that affects the heart rhythm caused by changes in electrical signals in the lower part of the heart, called the ventricle, causing an increase in heart rate, with beats above 120 per minute, which prevents the ventricle from filling with blood properly, leading to a decrease in the heart’s ability […]
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