You will need an EKG to check your heart rhythm and how fast your heart beats. You may also need to wear a Holter monitor at home while you do your usual activities. The Holter monitor is a portable EKG machine.How is A-fib treated?
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Prior open-heart surgery Untreatedatrial flutter(another type of abnormal heart rhythm) Thyroid disease Chronic lung disease Sleep apnea Excessive alcohol or stimulant use Serious illness or infection Other websites also include the risks of being overweight ...
医学翻译:心房纤维颤动 译匠:心房纤维颤动 Atrial FibrillationAtrial fibrillation is also called A-fib or atrial fib. This is an abnormal heart rhythm. 心房纤维颤动(Atrial fibrillation),英文亦简 称A-fib或atrial fib。心房纤维颤动是心律失常的表现。 Th... ...
Atrial fibrillation is defined by Mayo Clinic (2012) as “an irregular and often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow to the body”. It occurs when the four chambers of the heart have a disrupted rhythm. The abnormal functionality of health may lead to a stroke because of...
Untreated A-fib is a risk factor for stroke. Panicking after you realize that a racing heart has awakened you from sleep may speed up your pulse and/or prolong the racing. Rather than fret over this the following day, make an appointment with a cardiologist. ...
AFL is a prevalent abnormal heart rhythm that starts in the atrial chambers of the heart (Link, 2012,Sawhney, Anousheh, Chen, & Feld). When it first occurs, it is usually associated with a fast heart rate and is classified as a type of SVT (Fig. 9k). ...
“Although coffee increases your heart rate, it does not make it abnormal,” explained senior researcher Dr. Peter Kistler. . . . “We found that there is no detrimental effects of coffee on heart rhythm and, in fact, coffee at up to three cups per day may be protective,” he said. ...
People who lost their partner were not only at greater risk for an abnormal heart rhythm, but the risk was independent of gender and other conditions that might contribute to the disorder, the researchers said. The risk seemed greatest eight to 14 days following a death, after which it gradua...
* No ectopic beats or pauses. It is very important for students to become familiar with normal ECG characteristics before they learn abnormalities. The normal features become a "template" for the interpreter to compare abnormal ECGs to.