Abnormal Slow Heart Beats, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This book describes Abnormal Slow Heart Beats, Diagnosis and Treatment of Bradycardias and Related Diseases
Brady-arrhythmia is an abnormal slow heart rhythm and heart beat.
There are many types of Brady-arrhythmias.
They are categorized by some doctors by where they start in the heart (the atria, AV node, or the ventricles).
An arrhythmia is a disorder with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat.
When an arrhythmia occurs, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm.
Tachycardia is a heartbeat that is too fast.
Bradycardia is a heartbeat that is too slow.
Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or even life threatening.
Brady-arrhythmias happen if the heart rate is slower than normal.
If the heart rate is too slow, not enough blood enters the brain.
This can induce the patient to faint.
In adults, a heart rate slower than 60 beats per minute is called a brady-arrhythmia.
Certain people normally have slow heart rates, particularly people who are very physically fit.
For them, a heartbeat slower than 60 beats per minute is not riskier and does not induce symptoms.
But in other people, severe diseases or other disorders may produce brady-arrhythmias.
Brady-arrhythmias can be produced by:
1.Heart attacks
2.Disorders that harm or change the heart's electrical activity, such as an under-active thyroid gland or aging
3.An imbalance of chemicals or other substances in the blood, such as potassium
4.Medicines such as beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, some anti-arrhythmia medicines, and digoxin
Sick sinus syndrome:
Irregular electrical impulses produced by the SA node produce a slower-than-normal heart rate (occasionally alternating with rapid heart rates if the electrical impulses switch to a high rate).
Brady-arrhythmias can have symptoms that are more generalized, such as:
1.Feeling faint or tired
2.Light-headedness or passing out (syncope)
3.Shortness of breath
Diagnosis of Brady-arrhythmias
If the symptoms last or there are a history of unexplained sudden death in the family, it is important for the doctor to send the patient to a heart specialist
The most successful way to diagnose an arrhythmia is with an electrical recording of the heart rhythm called an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Other tests used in diagnosing Brady-arrhythmias are:
1. Cardiac event recorder
A device to record occasional symptoms over a period of time whenever the patient has them
Electrophysiological (EP) study
This is a test to locate disorders with the electrical signals in the heart by passing soft wires up a vein in the leg and into the heart while the patient are sedated
Echocardiogram (echo) is an ultrasound scan of the heart
Treatment for Brady-arrhythmias

The way the brady-arrhythmia will be treated will depend on whether it is a fast or slow arrhythmia or heart block.

Any underlying reasons of the arrhythmia, such as heart failure, will require to be treated as well.

The treatments used for arrhythmias are:
Medication to stop or prevent an arrhythmia or control the rate of an arrhythmia
Electrical Cardioversion
This is a treatment that makes use of electricity to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm while the patient are anesthetized or sedated
Catheter ablation
This is a keyhole treatment under local or general anesthetic that carefully obliterates the diseased tissue in the heart that induces the arrhythmia
Pacemaker
Abnormal slow heart rates that are dangerous can only be treated with pacemakers.
A pacemaker is a small device that is placed under the skin of the chest or abdomen to help regulate abnormal heart rhythms.
Some bradycardia do not need treatment.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Abnormal Slow Heart Beats
Chapter 2 Bradycardia
Chapter 3 Heart Block
Chapter 4 Bundle Branch Blocks
Chapter 5 Sick Sinus Syndrome
Chapter 6 Ectopic Heart Beat
Chapter 7 Cardiac Arrest
Chapter 8 Asystole
Epilogue

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155204978
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	04/07/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	246 KB

About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 65. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical conditions seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com. This autobiolographical account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 550 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical conditions. The first chapter of all my ebooks is always taken from my blog A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions which was started in 2007 as a simple educational help to my patients on my first blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. The medical condition was described simply and direct to the point. Because the simple guide as taken from the blog was described as too simple, I have increased the other chapters to include more detailed description of the illness, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. As a result there are the complaints by some readers of constant repetitions of the same contents but in detail and fairly up to date. He has published 550 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health conditions and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Bouna Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. All the PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"