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HEART BLOCK
Ms.A.Denis Rani, Assistant Professor, Bon Secours College for Women
Slide2HEART BLOCK
Heart block is an abnormal heart rhythm where the heart beats too slowly. In this condition ,the electrical signals that tell the heart to contract are partially or totally blocked between the upper chambers(atria) and the lower chamber(ventricles).
Slide3CAUSES
Some people are born with heart block. In others, it develop later in life.
Slide4Some other causes
Slide5Heart issues like clogged arteries, inflammation of the heart muscle &heart
faliure
Muscle disorders or other disease
Some medicines
Slide6Degree of heart block
Slide7Symptoms
First degree
You may not have any at all
second degree
Chest pain
Dizziness
Fainting
Fatigue
Nausea
Shortness of breath
Third
degree
Cardiac arrest
Dizziness
Fainting
Irregular heartbeat
Slide8Who’s at risk?
Slide9Diagnosis
Slide10Treatment
For second- and third –degree heart block, you may get a small device a pacemaker in you chest. This is considered “minor” surgery and you will be sedated for it. Like a backup electrical system, it reminds the heart to beat at a normal rate if it slows or steps.
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