Hearth Rhythms and Atrial Fibrillation

Dr. Dan Buerkel, MD was our speaker today and his presentation was on Electrophysiology & Atrial Fibrillation. "Arrhythmia" means your heartbeat is irregular. It doesn't necessarily mean your heart is beating too fast or too slow. It just means it's out of its normal rhythm. It may feel as if your heart skipped a beat, added a beat, is "fluttering," or is beating too fast (which doctors call tachycardia) or too slow (called bradycardia). Or, you might not notice anything, since some arrhythmias are "silent."

Arrhythmias can be an emergency, or they may be harmless.

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