What causes intermittent cardiac arrest?

Intermittent cardiac arrest is not unfamiliar to many people. It refers to the situation where the human heart stops beating intermittently. There are many reasons for intermittent cardiac arrest. Generally, this may be a disease caused by arrhythmia, and it may also have a lot to do with emotions. Intermittent cardiac arrest requires timely and detailed examination and treatment, and an electrocardiogram can be done for examination.

What causes intermittent cardiac arrest?

Heart pauses may be caused by premature beats or some other arrhythmias, or they may be caused by cardiac arrest, which needs to be checked clearly. If it is caused by simple premature beats, you may need to take antiarrhythmic drugs (not vasodilators) depending on the situation. If it is caused by cardiac arrest, you may need to install a permanent pacemaker for treatment depending on the situation. It is recommended to check the 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram to see what the situation is, the number of premature beats or the duration of cardiac arrest, and take further treatment based on the results. Go to the hospital's cardiology department for treatment.

If it is more serious, with two or three consecutive episodes, you need to go to the hospital for a check-up and follow the doctor's advice.

Pay attention to physical exercise to improve heart function; be careful not to eat foods with high blood lipids; pay attention to changes in blood pressure. Heart pauses may be caused by premature beats or some other arrhythmias, or may be caused by cardiac arrest, which requires careful examination. If it is caused by simple premature beats, you may need to take antiarrhythmic drugs (not vasodilators) depending on the situation. If it is caused by cardiac arrest, you may need to install a permanent pacemaker for treatment depending on the situation. It is recommended to check the 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram to see what the situation is, the number of premature beats or the duration of cardiac arrest, and take further treatment based on the results. Go to the hospital's cardiology department for treatment.

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Types of arrhythmias include:

Sinus bradycardia

The heartbeat is less than 60 times per minute and the beat is regular. For people who exercise regularly, because exercise enhances heart function, when the heart is at rest, it only needs to beat 40-60 times to maintain normal blood circulation. This is the benefit of exercise. If the heartbeat is less than 30 beats/minute, it usually means that there is conduction abnormality and you need to see a doctor.

2. Extrasystole. Early contraction sends abnormal electric waves somewhere in the heart, causing the heart to beat an extra beat. If the frequency is not high, the impact is usually not significant. However, if the frequency is high, or more than two consecutive extrasystoles occur together, it can easily cause more serious arrhythmia and affect heart function.

3. Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are irregular heartbeats that usually indicate the possibility of latent heart disease, but hyperthyroidism and long-term poor control can also cause such irregular heartbeats. During an attack, the atrial contraction can reach 350 times per minute. Because the contraction speed is too fast, the pump contraction effect is not achieved. The atria are just trembling, and the blood is always idling in the atria. Only gravity can transport the blood in the atria to the ventricles, and then from the ventricles to outside the heart. Therefore, the cardiac output is 25% less than normal. Because the blood stays in the atria for a long time (due to idling), blood clots are likely to form. If the blood clots are unfortunately transported to blood vessels outside the heart, it will cause vascular embolism, cerebral stroke, pulmonary infarction and other complications.

4. This is a congenital abnormality of the cardiac nervous system. In addition to the normal conduction nerves of the heart, one or more abnormal nerves grow. When the electric waves run to the abnormal nerves, short circuits are likely to occur, causing abnormal neural circuit circulation of electric waves between the atria and ventricles, often causing paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of more than 150 beats per minute. In most patients, the abnormal WPW pattern can be seen on the resting electrocardiogram, but the tachycardia will occur irregularly. Fortunately, the chance of death during an attack is not high.