If you feel your heart is beating either too fast or too slow, you should schedule an appointment with your doctor. However if you experienced other distressing symptoms such as shortness of breath, lightheadedness, or fainting, you should seek medical attention immediately.

You might not notice any symptoms with arrhythmia and found accidentally with health check up. If symptom occurs, they may include

• Palpitation
• Fluttering in the chest
• A racing heartbeat (tachycardia)
• A slow heartbeat (bradycardia)
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Sweating
• Lightheadedness or fainting

• Age
• Family history
• Medical Conditions such as High blood pressure, Congenital Heart Disease, Thyroid disease, Obstructive sleep apnea *link package sleep test
• Extensive consumption of alcohol
• Caffeine and Nicotine

Treatment is usually needed only for patients with significant symptoms. Treatment would depend on if the arrythmia is a fast heartbeat or a slow heartbeat. Some would only require regular checkups for monitoring.

• Medications: Arrhythmia treatment and blood clot prevention
• Vagal manuevers
• Cardioversion

Surgery options include

• Cathether ablation
• Pacemaker
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
• Maze procedure
• Coronary bypass surgery (CABG)