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Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

November 30, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 70 Comments

Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

 The normal heartbeat is generated just like clockwork by electric signals sent out from a natural pacemaker known as the sinus node. Normal individuals have heart rates of between 60-90 beats per minute. This is actually slower than the natural pacemaker of the heart, partly because there is the slowing influence of the nervous system […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, heart rhythm, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), palpitations

Sinus Arrhythmia – What Is It?

November 27, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 79 Comments

What is Sinus Arrhythmia? What is sinus arrhythmia? Heartbeats are like clockwork. In the same way the second hand on a clock ticks regularly each second, the heart has an electrical impulse that is generated and leads to a heartbeat in a regular manner. The timing between each of these generated impulses is known as […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, Heart failure, heart rhythm

PVC Heart Beats – Are They Dangerous?

July 30, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 221 Comments

PVC Heart Beats

PVC’s are common. Some people are troubled by just a few PVC’s where as others may have a PVC heart beat almost every other beat and not even notice it. Apart from being annoying to some (symptoms are sometimes described as heart flutter), are they of long-term significance? In this article we will look at […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart disease, Heart failure, heart rhythm

Afib with RVR – When The Heart Races Out Of Control

June 29, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 57 Comments

Afib with RVR

What Is Afib with RVR? Afib with RVR refers to atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. Usually the heart is like clockwork, the top (collecting) chambers beat then the bottom (main pumping) chambers sense this and also beat, and so on, in a nice regular fashion just like a clock ticking second after second. Usually […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Heart Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Heart failure, Heart rate, heart rhythm, palpitations, shortness of breath, Stroke

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