{"id":1517,"date":"2020-10-05T08:50:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voozon.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2020-11-12T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:39:31","slug":"a-handy-guide-to-heart-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voozon.com\/a-handy-guide-to-heart-block\/","title":{"rendered":"A HANDY GUIDE TO HEART BLOCK"},"content":{"rendered":"
Heartbeat refers to the pulsation of the heart that occurs when the heart muscles contract in order to pump blood to all the organs. With each heartbeat, an electrical signal is emitted from the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) to the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart). <\/span>Heart blocks<\/span><\/a> occur when these electrical signals are either delayed or stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n What are the types of heart block?<\/strong><\/p>\n A partial heart block occurs when these electrical signals are transmitted at a lower frequency than usual. When these electrical signals stop altogether it causes the heartbeat to drop significantly leading to a complete heart block.<\/p>\n What are the symptoms of heart block?<\/strong><\/p>\n The symptoms that a person plagued by heart block displays differs from one individual to another. To a large extent, this also depends on the type of heart block one is suffering from. Some of the most common symptoms of heart block are listed below:<\/p>\n\n