The Saturday Evening Post » heart beats http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com Home of The Saturday Evening Post Thu, 23 May 2013 20:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Heart Is Skipping Beats http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/02/health-and-family/medical-update/heart-health-heart-disease/heart-skipping-beats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heart-skipping-beats http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/02/health-and-family/medical-update/heart-health-heart-disease/heart-skipping-beats.html#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:11:12 +0000 Dr. Zipes http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=23274 Q: The medical profession says I have about 10 premature beats per minute. My pulse is in the range
of 50 to 60 beats. Are skipped beats serious or harmless? I have always gotten winded very easily. A: Ten premature beats per minute is a fair amount that can be perfectly harmless. However, we now know [...]

Heart Is Skipping Beats The Saturday Evening Post

]]> Q: The medical profession says I have about 10 premature beats per minute. My pulse is in the range
of 50 to 60 beats. Are skipped beats serious or harmless? I have always gotten winded very easily.

A: Ten premature beats per minute is a fair amount that can be perfectly harmless. However, we now know that premature beats sometimes cause heart failure and shortness of breath, and can be eliminated by a heart catheterization ablation procedure. I suggest consulting a cardiologist or electrophysiologist (hrsonline.org).

Heart Is Skipping Beats The Saturday Evening Post

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