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According to the medical director of the Kaunas Hospital of the Lithuanian Health Sciences University (LSMU), the cardiologist prof. Dr. Diana Žaliaduonytė, in the case of a sinus heart rhythm disorder, the patient feels an arrhythmic heartbeat, usually a severe one.
Difficulty breathing, difficulty exercising, leg swelling may occur. In such cases, neither salmon nor calming teas will help. Only a doctor can examine the patient by conducting an auscultation for a heart rhythm disorder, and the diagnosis is made by an electrocardiogram.
“Rhythm disorders can be very different. In most cases, when chaotic heart activity occurs, it is necessary to restore rhythm, to restore sinus rhythm. This is done with the help of medications or electropulse therapy. If the arrhythmia is due to atrial fibrillation or flutter and lasts up to 48 hours, it is corrected in the ER with intravenous medication or electropulse.
However, if the arrhythmia persists for more than 48 hours, the patient should be prepared for restoration of sinus rhythm. You should be given medications that slow your heart rate and thin your blood. The latter are necessary to prevent the formation of blood clots in the heart chambers and strokes. These medications will need to be taken continuously until the heart rhythm is restored and for at least a month afterwards. The treating cardiologist will also decide whether this treatment should be continued, depending on the individual risk of suffering a cerebrovascular accident ”, explained prof. D. Žaliaduonytė.
Those who have symptoms similar to a heart rhythm disorder, or who have been diagnosed by a family doctor, should not delay. Such patients require consultation with a cardiologist.
COVID-19 patients should have an antibody test or a GP confirming that they have been vaccinated (or have been vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine). If the patient has not had the disease in question, the COVID-19 test will be performed in a hospital before being admitted to the Department of Cardiology.
