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Cardiac arrhythmia

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Cardiac arrhythmia (also known as dysrhythmia) is a condition that occurs when there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heart either beats too fast, too slow, regular or irregular. When this happens it can lower blood pressure and may cause lightheadedness dizziness, or fainting. Some arrhythmias are very minor and may be regarded as normal. However some asymptomatic arrhythmias are related to other cardiovascular events, for e.g., blood clotting within the heart, a weak heart beat because there is an insufficient amount of blood being transported to the heart. Events like these can increase the risk stroke, heart failure, or sudden cardiac death.

In adults the normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. The resting heart rate in children is much faster.

The usual diagnostic test for assessing the heart�s rhythm is the electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).

Common cardiac arrhythmias:

Sinus arrhythmia is when the heart rate slows when breathing in and out. It usually occurs in children, and decreases with age.
Brachycardia: a slow rhythm, (less than 60 beats/min)
Tachycardia: is when the heart rate is faster than 100 beats a minute (sometimes resulting in palpitations), and is not due to physical exercise or stress
Re-entry dysrhythmias occurs, when an electrical impulse travels in a circle within the heart, rather than moving outward and then stopping.
Fibrillation occurs when an entire chamber of the heart is involved in a multiple micro-reentry circuits, and quivers with chaotic electrical impulses.
Arrhythmias comes from such a variable group of conditions, treatment needs to be carefully selected by a patient with their physician. Some arrhythmias require no treatment at all. Others require immediate emergency treatment if death is to be avoided.

Treatments Used:

Antiarrhythmic drugs
Several groups of other drugs can be used to "rate control" a fast rhythm and make it physically tolerable for a patient
Anticoagulant medications such as warfarin and heparin can reduce the risk of clotting
Electricity/ Defibrillation is performed by applying an electric shock to the heart, which sometimes causes the heart to revert to a rhythm that can once again pump blood
Cardiac pacemaker, this can be temporary or permanent

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