Patients with slow heart rate usually do not need treatment when they are asymptomatic, but can be treated with atropine, isoprenaline, etc. in acute episodes, and cardiac pacing can be used if this is ineffective.
Bradycardia can be caused by a variety of reasons. It can occur in normal healthy young people, during sleep, or in athletes and does not require treatment.
Secondary to severe hypoxia, intracranial disease, hypothyroidism, hypothermia, obstructive jaundice, vasovagal syncope, etc., should be the main treatment of the primary pathology, the symptoms of insufficient cardiac output can be atropine, isoproterenol, as appropriate, please follow the doctor’s instructions.
Bradycardia caused by amiodarone, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers such as diltiazem, β-blockers such as metoprolol, or digitalis should be discontinued or replaced as prescribed.
For severe bradyarrhythmias, pacemaker implantation is necessary.