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Bradycardia Is - Articles
Bradycardia aka Low Heart Rate
by
Corry C.
Posted
Wed 14 Jul 2010 8:28am
minute when at rest, which is still considered normal for them.When your heart beats slower then what is considered normal for you, then you may be suffering from Bradycardia. A low heart rate means that the heart doesn't pump
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Weakness due to Bradycardia due to Sick Sinus with Sinoatrial block
by
Stephen Smith
Posted
Wed 22 Dec 2010 9:53am
A 68 yo female with a history of HTN on metoprolol and of paroxysmal atrial fib presented with weakness. This is her ECG.
There is sinus bradycardia at a rate of about 55... in a p-wave.
She was also found to be hypothyroid.
This is sino-atrial exit block. The sinus node fires but it does not escape. The combination of bradycardia (exacerbated
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Long hilly run with a low heart rate...
by
brybrarobry
Posted
Sun 20 Apr 2008 12:00am
I relaxed last night and had about 8 pints of beer, 3 large ice cream cones, some ripple chips and onion dip and watched UFC, then got to bed around 1:30 am.
I was up at 7:30 am and wanted to get my 1 hour and 50 minute long run done as early as possible, so Alice and I had the day to hang out together. I didn't think the run was goin ...
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The Holter Monitor is Back
by
Stephanie B.
Posted
Tue 27 Jan 2009 6:29pm
It's been two weeks since Aiden was last attached to a Holter Monitor. Usually he gets his "leash", so to speak, once a month. Due to Aiden's new bradycardia episodes... and bradycardias. It is about the size of the older pagers.
What it does is basically a home administered EKG. It stores the recording until we return it to Dr. Cardiologist's office
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IS THIS SAFE?????
by
thasaw
Posted
Sat 20 Feb 2010 3:14am
morning: calcium - 0PC-3 - multivitamin
breakfast
X workout-cardio X
flaxseed oil - lunch
Protien Shake w/ Glutamine
lift weights (sparingly) NO-Xplode or Nanovapor w/ TBomb 2
fishoil - dinner
I have arrhythmia and bradycardia (slow heart beats with an irregular heartbeat as it is. I am trying to figure out if this is safe to mix
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Tough hearts never die ! Surviving with a heart rate of 6 / mt
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Sun 30 May 2010 3:40am
the junction or the ventricle , escapes with its own rhythm. Near syncope, dizziness , giddiness followed by syncope occur as the heart rate slows progressively below this level....
Extreme bardycardias are often ftal , but here is a patient with a dangerously low heart rate , still not resulting in asystole or brady induced VT/VF . We had adequate time
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What is the mechanism of complete AV block in inferior MI ?
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Thu 13 Aug 2009 6:27pm
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bradycardic response occur .Many times the classical hypotension /bradycardia reaction is simply a reflection of heightened vagal tone.
Consequence of vagal tone on SA nodal and AV... rarely from both .
The common bradyarrhytmias that we encounter in inferior MI are
Sinus bradycardia
Sinus pauses ,SA blocks
AV blocks
Functional
Vagotonic
Organic
Ischemic
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How to diagnose complete heart block without ECG ?
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Fri 18 May 2012 12:47pm
You are asked to see a patient with a pulse rate of 45 /mt . Is it sinus bradycardia or complete heart block ?
Only one condition , . . . you must conclude in the bed side !
Heart rate may give a clue ( HR of 30-40 is common in CHB . Less common in sinus bradycardia.)
Pulse volume is large in both (More so in CHB )
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Why sinus node dysfunction rarely kills a patient ?
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Wed 22 Apr 2009 11:57pm
Sick sinus syndrome or sinus node dysfunction (SSS, SND ) is one of the common cause of symptomatic bradycardia .The other cause for pathological bradycardia... cause for SND is age related.This is manifested as inappropriate bradycardia .The other common presentation of SND is exaggerated bradycardia to betablockers and calcium
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