We can generally define heart palpitations as fast, strong or irregular heartbeat. The real complaint of palpitations, called tachycardia in medical terms, can be described as a rapid heartbeat, over 100 beats per minute. It would be more accurate to call the remaining rhythm disorders as Arrhythmia instead of palpitations. Arrhythmia means irregular functioning of the heart. These are expressed by the patient with complaints such as strong pulses lasting a second, the heart falling into space, feeling like the heart is stopping from time to time, or a sudden feeling of knotting in the neck.
So what is the normal heart rate?
Your heart rate is normal if it beats between 60 and 100 beats per minute. means. Every person's heart rate is different. Many factors such as body movements (running, walking), our emotional state (sadness, anxiety, happiness), whether we are hungry or full or the temperature in the air affect our heart rate. To find your heart rate, we can count our pulse after at least 10 minutes of rest. In people who have been exercising regularly for many years, the normal heart rate can decrease to 50. Or, in those who use some heart rhythm medications, our pulse rate may be below 50. However, if your heart rate is constantly below 50 or above 100, it would be beneficial to see a heart doctor.
What are the possible causes of palpitations?
Almost half of the palpitations are heart-related, 1/3 of them are psychological, and the rest can be counted as lifestyle-related reasons such as medications, low caffeine consumption and doing sports, and some disorders in our hormone balance or blood values. Apart from these, no cause can be found in a small number of patients. Non-cardiac reasons such as anxiety, tension and unhappiness are common causes of palpitations. Caffeine-like substances, intense stress, and some drugs containing active substances similar to "adrenaline" can cause irregular heartbeats or palpitations. For this reason, palpitations may occur especially during the use of medications used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and asthma and flu medications. When you complain of palpitations, place your hand on your chest. Count your heartbeat by monitoring your pulse at your wrist or neck and see if it is regular. This information will be of great use to your doctor in making a diagnosis later.
So what is ABLATION?
Ablation is often a definitive and definitive treatment for heart palpitations and rhythm disorders. It is a treatment approach that provides permanent improvement. That's why the number of rhythm patients treated with ablation therapy has increased tremendously in the last 10 years compared to drug therapy. Ablation, in medical language, means removing something. The method of construction is the same as EPS, which I mentioned in my other articles. The difference from EPS is that we have an additional catheter that we will use for ablation. During ablation, either heat-producing energies or energies with a cooling (freezing) effect are used to eliminate the focus or focuses that cause arrhythmia. The most used method today is the Radiofrequency catheter ablation method. In this method, using radio waves, the target area causing palpitations is heated to 50-70 degrees and rendered electrically inoperable. The second frequently used method is freezing or cooling. With this method, the target area is frozen to -50 to -70 degrees.
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