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American Heart Association bradycardia symptoms emergency ECG guidance
This ECG is not completely normal, but it does not show an obvious acute heart attack pattern in this photo.
What is visible on the printout:
- Sinus bradycardia: heart rate about 53 beats/min, meaning a slow but regular heartbeat.
- The machine also flags an occasional premature atrial contraction (PAC), an early beat from the upper chamber. These are often harmless but should be interpreted with symptoms and history.
- It appears to flag T-wave changes in chest leads. These can be nonspecific, but in a 75-year-old they should be reviewed by a clinician rather than dismissed from a photo.
- Printed intervals include QTc about 423 ms, which is not obviously prolonged.
Please have the ECG reviewed by the treating doctor or a cardiologist, particularly if this is new, if she takes medicines that slow the heart rate such as beta-blockers, diltiazem/verapamil, or digoxin, or if she has thyroid/electrolyte issues.
Seek emergency care now if she has chest pain/pressure, shortness of breath, fainting, marked dizziness, confusion, sweating, very low blood pressure, or worsening weakness. The AHA guidance on bradycardia lists these as warning features when a slow heart rate may be causing poor blood flow.
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