Sick sinus syndrome

Treatment for Sick sinus syndrome is installation of artificial cardiac pacemakers and medication for increase heart rate such as atropine, ephedrine or isoproterenol.

Diagnosis for Sick sinus syndrome include ECG that showed sinus bradycardia, sinus arrest, sinoatrial block, atrial fibrillation, escape beat and determination of sinus node function.

Symptoms of Sick sinus syndrome is lack of blood supply, lead to fatigue, dizziness, vertigo, insomnia, poor memory, tachyarrhythmias, heart failure or angina pectoris.

Causes of Sick sinus syndrome is cardiomyopathy, coronary heart disease, myocarditis, connective tissue diseases, metabolic diseases, invasive diseases, cardiac conduction system degeneration.

Sick sinus syndrome, sinus node dysfunction, is the sinus node impulse barriers, or barriers from sinus node conduction to atrial, and cause arrhythmia and other symptoms.