Medication.Your doctor may prescribe a medication to help treat an abnormal heart rate. Drugs such as beta-blockers may help prevent future episodes. Pacemaker.This small device can sense a rapid heartbeat and be programmed to send an electrical signal to help the heart return to normal. Your...
Using recreational drugs, especially narcotics and cannabis (marijuana) Bradycardia Diagnosis Your doctor will likely diagnose you based on a physical exam and tests, such as: EKG. This test measures your heart’s electrical activity using sensors (electrodes) that stick to the skin of your chest...
Off-pump CABG or beating heart bypass surgery is done when a heart-lung machine is not employed, and drugs are not used to stop the heart. Instead, the heart continues to pump blood and oxygenate the body as the surgeon works. The surgeon stabilizes only the segment of the heart that re...
Using recreational drugs, especially narcotics and cannabis (marijuana) Bradycardia Diagnosis Your doctor will likely diagnose you based on a physical exam and tests, such as: EKG. This test measures your heart’s electrical activity using sensors (electrodes) that stick to the skin of your chest...