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2. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat that occurs due to a problem with the electrical activity of your heart. Types of arrhythmia include: ... Treatment options for coronary artery disease include:

3. Arrhythmia - Wikipedia

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   Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. [2] A resting heart rate that is too fast – above 100 beats per minute in adults – is called tachycardia, and a resting heart rate that is too slow – below 60 beats per minute – is called bradycardia. [2]

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart Arrhythmias. Heart arrhythmias refer to problems involving the heart rate or heart rhythm that result from abnormal electrical activity in the heart. Arrhythmias can cause your heart to beat ...

5. Antiarrhythmic agent - Wikipedia

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   (The re-entrant rhythm is less likely to interact with tissue that has become refractory). The class III agents exhibit reverse-use dependence (their potency increases with slower heart rates, and therefore improves maintenance of sinus rhythm). Inhibiting potassium channels results in slowed atrial-ventricular myocyte repolarization.

6. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). [1] [2] A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a counter-shock) to the heart.

7. Rhythm interpretation - Wikipedia

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   Rhythm interpretation is an important part of healthcare in Emergency Medical Services . Trained medical personnel can determine different treatment options based on the cardiac rhythm of a patient. There are many common heart rhythms that are part of a few different categories, sinus arrhythmia, atrial arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia.