2006-06-21 01:56:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
im not really sure what you mean with "dying heart" but here are some pointers
bradycardia -- slow heart rate (but regular)
tachycardia -- fast heart rate (also regualr)
ventricular fibrillation -- very tough to explain, usually a normal heart rhytm has one small spike, followed by one big spike, then another small spike. with ventricular fibrillation -- it's completely abnorma and out of sync -- it's all small spikes and no pause in betwen.
ventricular tachycardia -- is all big spikes with no rest in between.
Asystole -- is no rhythm at all
i think when you say "dying heart" you meant heart attack -- you see, what happens with heart attack is that you get chest pain -- because blood is not able to travel to a specific muscle in our heart (because of some blockage) -- that muscle is trying to work, even if no oxygen is supplied to it -- that's what causes the chest pain. when suddenly, the pain goes away -- it could mean 2 things:
good -- that the blockage has been dislodged
bad -- the heart muscle died -- and that's probably what you meant with "dying heart"
2006-06-21 06:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dying heart may have any of several rhythms:
Bradycardia: Too slow
Tachycardia: Too fast
Ventricular fibrillation: Heart is quivering instead of beating (a lethal arrythmia)
Agonal rhythm: Not much is happening electrically in the heart... maybe a few odd beats, some fibrillation
Electromechanical dissociation: The heart's electrical rhythm doesn't translate into mechanical activity
During a heart attack, there are changes that may occur prior to a lethal arrythmia: ST segment elevation, bundle branch blocks, ectopic beats
Hope that helps.
2006-06-21 09:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agonal Heart Rhythm
2016-10-18 03:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agonal Rhythm
2016-12-26 19:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several have stated the correct answer. An agonal rhythm is any rhythm that is seen on an EKG prior to the heart giving out or going into Asystole or "flat line". I have seen various rhythms where this occurred. There is no predictor what the rhythm will look like.
2006-06-24 11:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by rhutson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you say dying heart , if you mean the person is in a critical condition the heart maybe beating very fast (tachycardia) or very slow (bradycardia) or so fast that there is no pumping of blood (fibrillation) depending on the heart problem. if the person dies from a natural death without any heart related problems then the heart would be having a form of bradycardia called (agonal) rythm in the few moments before the persons death. after the heart completely stops beating it is called (asystole.)
2006-06-21 07:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an "agonal" rhythm, which is a form of bradycardia (slow rate) with an unusually long "QRS complex". (This term refers to the output on an EKG strip, QRS being the letters given to various parts of the reading that show the electrical activity in the heart when it beats.)
2006-06-21 02:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, there are several "dying" heart rhythms, but usually just before death, the heart becomes agonal.
2006-06-22 16:37:56 · answer #8 · answered by daweeney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bradycardia. Slow irregular rhythmic beating.
If it is a heart attack due to an infarct, then its called tachycardia as the heart beats very fast.
2006-06-21 02:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agonal is most correct, as others have already answered.
You can easily look up the term and see for yourself if it is what you were looking for.
2006-06-24 09:55:16 · answer #10 · answered by JC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋