The term arrhythmia
is associated with any deviation from the actual sequence of electrical
impulses generated by the heart’s electrical conduction system.
This means that
electrical impulses could happen too fast or too slow, or erratically. This
causes the heart to beat faster or slower than normal. If the heart is not
beating properly, it cannot pump enough blood to various organs. Because of
this, the organs may not work adequately or may get damaged.
The heart is a
strong, muscular pump, whose function is to continuously pump blood through the
system. Every day the heart beats on an average around 100,000 times and pumps
2,000 gallons of blood through the body.
An arrhythmia
describes an irregular heartbeat - the heart may beat too fast (tachycardia),
too slowly (bradycardia), too early (premature contraction), or irregularly
(fibrillation or flutter).
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