Arrhythmias
Arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart pulse or heart rhythm such as beating too fast (tachycardia) or
beating too slow (bradycardia) or irregular heartbeat. Premature or extra beats are the most
common type of arrhythmia. This, usually, feels like a fluttering in the chest or a feeling of a
skipped heartbeat. The Heart has an electrical system that instructs it when to beat and pump
blood to the body. If there is a trouble with this system the person may experience heart rhythm
disorders. The disease may present serious symptoms like loss of breath, exhaustion, and feeling
of skipping beats and so on. It is important to recognise the symptoms in time and approach
treatment.
Arrhythmias are caused due to problems with the heart's electrical conduction system, such as
abnormal or extra signals might occur or the electrical signals can be blocked or slowed down or
can even travel in new or different pathways through the heart. Such problems need to be
diagnosed in time. Some heart rhythm disorder causes are:
Fast heart patterns such as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), inappropriate sinus tachycardia,
atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation (AF), ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are
called tachycardias. Whereas, slow heart patterns such as AV heart block, bundle branch block
and tachybrady syndrome are called bradycardias.
Symptoms of heart rhythm disorder may range from barely perceptible to cardiovascular collapse
and even, death. Random moments of arrhythmias are usually harmless but, when arrhythmias
last for a long time serious symptoms might be developed such as:
fatigue
dizziness
lightheadedness
fainting
rapid heartbeat or pounding
anxiety
shortness of breath
sweating
chest pain
collapse and cardiac arrest (in extreme cases)
Narayana Health is one of the best hospitals in India for diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm
disorders (Arrhythmias) with some of the most skilled doctors in the country. Narayana health
specialises in Cardiology, with 23 hospitals, 7 heart centres and a network of primary health
centres across India and also 1 hospital in the Cayman Islands. Narayana health provides high-
quality healthcare services for Arrhythmia treatment in India with a team of the best, dedicated and
experienced physicians. This superspeciality hospital in India provides advanced care in over 30
specialities including cardiology and cardiac surgery, cancer care, neurology and neurosurgery,
orthopaedics, nephrology and urology and gastroenterology.
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