Tag Archives: Bradycardia
04
Sep

Bradycardia Part II of III

First-degree heart block:  The electrical impulses slow down as they pass through the conduction system, but the signals all eventually and successfully reach the ventricles.   First-degree heart block infrequently causes problems or symptoms.  Trained athletes may have first-degree heart block.   Some medications are known to cause this condition and treatment is generally not needed.   Second-degree heart block (Type [...]

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01
Sep

Bradycardia Part I of III

A slow heartbeat (heart rate) is called bradycardia and is an arrhythmia, or a heart rhythm disorder.   A normal heart beats about 100,000 times per day, at a usual rate between 60 to 100 times per minute.   Changes in heart rate caused by diet, activity, age and medications are common and normal.   What [...]

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