Arrhythmia: Unusual Heart Rate - a podcast by Osceola Regional Medical Center

A well-toned athlete can have a heart rate in his 50s and 60s and he is exercising, because of you---when you run when you exercise your heartbeat goes up to 120-150 because of---ataxia. / But if you do have a heart rate out of the blue that is suddenly starts pounding, is going too fast, you feel dizzy or your symptomatic you have blurry vision or whatever happens that way, then it is a case for concern. / What that means is that the electrical signals of your heart are actually going through a different to keep it very simple going through a different electrical circuit where your heart rate is beating anywhere from 130-140-150 to 200 beats a minute. That is what is called a arrhythmia, there are 3 or 4 different types of it based on an EKG which is an electrocardiogram or based on a holder monitor which is an extended period of an EKG which you wear for a couple of days, we will be able to have a rough idea as to where that short circuit is based. / Treatment options for these vary; always the basic rule is you try noninvasive factor trying simple medications but as electrophysiology and a physician of the heart a lot of these things have evolved quite a bit right now in the terms they can be safely and effectively ablation.

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