Does having an abnormal EKG test (or ECG) mean you have?
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node abnormality.)
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bradycardia is a medical term for slower than average heart rate, and that can be absolutely normal. A sinus node abnormality could be anything - or nothing. I'm afraid to find out you are going to have to see a doctor. Your finding could mean something or again, nothing, and the only way to know is to talk to someone in the know!
Bradycardia is a slow heart beat. The sinus node is the trigger for the electrical activity and it starts in that node and travels across the heart to make the chambers contract. If the node is diseased, it won't fire the electrical spark properly and will show as an abnormal heart beat. If it is not functioning properly, the usual treatment is a pacemaker.
NO, an ECG is nothing more than a picture of the electrical activity of the heart. We can use it to see many things that are going on in the heart but it also has many limitations.
Bradycardia is nothing more than a heart rate less than 60 beat per minute. Normal in athletes and people on certain medications. Sinus node abnormality is likely a computer reading related to the bradycardia.
What did your doctor tell you? It could be a normal variant for you or it could be an arrhythmia. Bradycardia often occurs in people who are very active like athletes and that is very normal for them. The sinus node is the electrical impluse that tells the upper chambers (atrium) of you heart to pump followed by the AV ( atrioventricular node) that tells the loer chambers (ventricules) to pump, followed by the bundle of His then the left and right bundle braches then the purkinje fibers. Thant is the electrical chain of events that cause your heart to beat just once. Every heart beat consists of that pattern. Having a problem somewhere along that chain can cause arrhythmias. Your's sounds like a failure of the sinus node to fire causing the atrium to squeeze out of order. Your doctor can tell you the significance of this for you. Follow what he or she tells you and you should be alright.
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