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Cardiac Arrhythmias by Claire Perry 5 | CPR St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at December 25, 2012 | 7:05 am | 0 Comment
The potential risks of having an EP study done include minor bleeding, temporary arrhythmias caused by the catheter itself, and temporary changes in blood pressure. More serious complications include perforation of the heart wall causing a life-threatening condition known as cardiac tamponade, or fluid around the heart. Extensive bleeding can cause cardiac arrest and more...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias by Claire Perry 4 | CPR St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at December 24, 2012 | 8:03 am | 0 Comment
Certain factors may increase the risk of developing an arrhythmia, including Coronary Artery Disease, previous heart surgeries, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, obesity, etc. Narrowed arteries, heart attack, abnormal valves, and other physical heart damage are risk factors for almost every kind of cardiac arrhythmia. High blood pressure increases the risk of more...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias by Claire Perry 3 | CPR St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at December 23, 2012 | 9:41 am | 0 Comment
Ventricular fibrillation is perhaps the most deadly arrhythmia of all. In V-fib, as it is commonly called, chaotic impulses cause the ventricles of the heart to quiver instead of actively pumping blood. In a study published by the American Heart Association and titled “Evidence for multiple mechanisms in Human Ventricular Fibrillation”, researchers concluded that more...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias by Claire Perry 2 | CPR St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at December 22, 2012 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
Atrial fibrillation is a fast and chaotic beating of the atria. It mainly affects older people so the risk of developing atrial fibrillation dramatically increases past the age of sixty. Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib as it is commonly referred to, is mostly caused by wear and tear on the heart, especially for those people with chronic high blood pressure or other more...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias by Claire Perry 1 | CPR St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at December 21, 2012 | 2:47 pm | 0 Comment
An arrhythmia is defined as any variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat. When the heart beats, the electrical impulses that cause it to contract follow a specific pathway through the heart. Heart arrhythmias occur when the electrical impulses that control the heartbeat do not work properly, causing the heart to beat either too fast, too slow, or more...
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