SICK SINUS SYNDROME #medico #heart #nurses

Normally, the heartbeat starts in an area in the top chambers of the heart (atria). This area is the heart's pacemaker. It is called the sinoatrial node, sinus node or SA node. Its role is to keep the heartbeat steady and regular.
Sick sinus syndrome is a group of heart rhythm problems due to problems with the sinus node, such as:
The heartbeat rate is too slow, called sinus bradycardia
The heartbeat pauses or stops, called sinus pauses or sinus arrest
Episodes of a fast heart rate
Slow heart rhythms that alternate with fast heart rhythms, called bradycardia-tachycardia or "tachy-brady syndrome"

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