Heart Arrhythmias - Causes, Complications, Symptoms, Information

Many people have occasional, irregular heartbeats that may feel like a skipped, fluttering or racing heart — called arrhythmias. Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm abnormality in the United States

These heart rhythm problems occur when the electrical impulses in your heart which coordinate your heartbeats don't function properly, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow or irregularly.

While most arrhythmias are common and usually harmless, some heart arrhythmias may cause bothersome — sometimes even life-threatening — signs and symptoms.

Arrhythmias are often made worse — or are even caused — by a weak or damaged heart, so the good news is that you may be able to reduce your arrhythmia risk by adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle. Additionally, advances in medical technology have added new treatment methods to the procedures that doctors may use to try to control or eliminate arrhythmias.

Heart Arrhythmias - Treatment Options

Treatment options for Heart Arrhythmias will vary patient by patient, depending on what is causing the condition - your symptoms, the causes, possible complications. Obtaining information on Heart Arrhythmias is your first step. Among treatment options and diagnostic tests are Electrophysiology, Ablation, and Ejection Fraction.

Read about the latest treatment options for treating people with heart arrhythmias - performed on the West Coast only by CPMC surgeons!

As on the best heart / cardiac centers in California and the United States at one of the top private hospital networks, our program offers state of the art treatment options for Heart Arrhythmias after consultation with a specialist in Heart Arrhythmias.

California Pacific initiated the nation’s first heart transplant service in a private institution in 1984 and has been at the forefront of heart and cardiovascular disease management and heart transplantation ever since. With heart disease affecting an estimated 58 million people in the U.S. alone, medical researchers continue to pursue better treatment options. Our surgeons and physicians provide high quality heart health treatment options for people in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, the USA, and beyond.

California Pacific's Heart and Vascular Center

California Pacific's Heart and Vascular Center is supported by one of the best heart hospital/center networks in the USA, offering quality, comprehensive patient-centered cardiovascular care by a team of top heart surgeons and physicians with leading-edge technology. Serving the entire San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco and Marin County, as well as the entire Northern California region, our team has many of the best cardiovascular surgeons and physicians in California and the United States.