Arrhythmia can develop due to genetic factors or under the influence of a person’s lifestyle, surgical treatment of complex heart rhythm disorders and NI ac. EN Meshalkina, candidate of medical sciences Vitaly Shabanov.
“Arrhythmias are divided into congenital and acquired. The first is formed in the womb and is explained by genetic anomalies. But they are quite rare. And the latter is acquired by us already throughout life under the influence of a combination of factors, including past viral diseases and an adynamic lifestyle, and overweight and the development of chronic diseases of the endocrine system, kidneys and lungs. . They accumulate and lead to the fact that the source of the heart at some point cannot withstand their effects, the appearance of heart rhythm pathology, ”Shabanov explained.
According to him, arrhythmias are responsible for 15% of heart diseases. They may occur spontaneously in a healthy person from time to time, but in this case they do not pose a serious danger.
“There are also types of arrhythmias, the cause of which lies in cicatricial changes in the heart muscle after myocardial infarction and surgical interventions. When part of myocardial infarction occurs (death of part of the heart muscle), a scar is formed in this place. Its structure is heterogeneous – some cells die, and some are alive. At this junction, the expert added, “semi-living” tissue itself can form pathological arrhythmias.
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