heartbeat changes and arrhythmias
heartbeat changes can include:
- a faster or slower heartbeat than is normal for you. this would include a pulse rate of more than 120 beats per minute (when you are not exercising) or less than 50 beats per minute (unless that is normal for you).
- a heart rate that does not have a steady pattern.
- skipped beats.
- extra beats.
current as of: october 24, 2023
author: healthwise staff
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