The short circuit results in ineffective pumping of the upper chambers.In some people it can also cause dizzyness and chest pain. This produces palpitations, shortness of breath, and tiredness. The short circuit drives the pumping chambers very rapidly and sometimes erratically.This rapid short circuit has several consequences: View the embedded image gallery online at:Ītrial Flutter is due to a short circuit in one of the upper chambers of your heart termed the right atrium. Click to open image! Click to open image!.This causes them to contract and pump blood to the lungs and body. The impulse spreads through the AV node and down into the lower chambers or ventricles of the heart. It is therefore the only way in which an electrical impulse can reach the pumping chambers (the ventricles). This is a very important structure in the heart because it is the only electrical connection between the top chambers and the bottom chambers. When the impulse spreads over the right atrium it reaches the atrio-ventricular (AV) node. It spreads throughout both the right and left atria causing them to contract evenly. All of this is appropriate.įrom the SA node, the electrical impulse is relayed along the heart’s conduction system. If you take certain medications, your heart rate may be slower. When you rest or sleep your heart rate will slow down. If you are exercising, doing strenuous work or you are under a lot of stress, your heart rate may be faster. The SA node gives off electrical impulses to generate a heartbeat in the range of 60 to 100 times per minute. The SA node is the natural pacemaker of the heart.
Normally this electrical impulse begins in the upper right chamber of the heart (in the right atrium) in a place called the sino-atrial (SA) node. In order for the heart to do its work (pumping blood throughout the body), it needs a sort of spark plug or electrical impulse to generate a heartbeat.
Like any pump, the heart has an electrical system that controls how it functions. The lower chambers (the right and left ventricle) are the chambers responsible for pumping the blood out to the body via the arteries. The two upper chambers (the right atrium and left atrium) are the chambers which receive blood as it returns from the body via the veins. The heart is a pump responsible for maintaining blood supply to the body.
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