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Bradycardia how low is too low
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 19 12:00pm | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
According to the AI on my computer there is actually something to the notion that a slower beating heart will save "wear and tear" over the course of a lifetime. A kind of low mileage outlook. There are some tradeoffs, but I was prompted to discuss this possibility with my cardiologist. It was suggested that my heart has beat 900 million fewer times than someone with a heart beating just 25 bpm faster on average over my lifespan (age 74).
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I don't know if it's actually true, but I used the same logic when I was a fit runner with an average heart rate near 50 BPM all day long, except when running, and of course it was much lower when asleep or sedate. Unfortunately, sleep apnea did me in and my heart turned to fibrillating in its left atrium to alert me. By then, the heart was disordered, so the damage was done. I'm doing well now, after treatment, but there were times when my heart was beating close to 150-180 BPM when I was fibrillating.