A comprehensive history of arrhythmia treatment
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Pubblicato: 31/03/2023
Editor: Aoife Maguire
At what point did surgical options become available for arrhythmia? How successful were these procedures?
The first surgical option for arrhythmia was implantation of a pacemaker. It has been highly successful for people whose arrhythmia is due to the heart going too slowly.
Some cardiogists believe that pacemakers are underused because many people have a heart that is going slower than would be most efficient.
They are often held back by vague symptoms including fatigued or not sleeping well because the heart slows down too much which then causes the brain to speed up. This tells the heart by producing adrenaline, which in turn wakes the rest of the brain. As a result, people have disturbed sleep, similar to sleep aponea.
