Sick Sinus Syndrome
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Sick Sinus Syndrome Definition
Common names:
Sick Sinus Disease
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sinoatrial Disease
Sinoatrial Node Dysfunction
Sinus Node Dysfunction
Tachy Brady Syndrome
Tachy-Brady Syndrome
A person with sick sinus syndrome may have a:
Heart rate that is too slow
Heart rate that is too fast
Heart rate that alternates between too fast and too slow
Sick sinus syndrome is uncommon. About 3 people out of every 5,000 over the age of 50 have sick sinus syndrome.
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Related Topics:
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Cardiac arrhythmia
First degree heart block
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Lown Ganong Levine syndrome
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Sick Sinus Syndrome References:
Adan V, Crown LA. Diagnosis and treatment of sick sinus syndrome. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr 15;67(8):1725-32.
Albertsen AE, Nielsen JC. Selecting the appropriate pacing mode for patients with sick sinus syndrome: evidence from randomized clinical trials. Card Electrophysiol Rev. 2003 Dec;7(4):406-10.
Seifer C, Kenny RA. The prevalence of falls in older persons paced for atrioventricular block and sick sinus syndrome. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2003 Sep-Oct;12(5):298-301.
