It is possible for cervical spondylosis to cause a rapid heartbeat, which may occur in people with vertebral artery-type cervical spondylosis. There are many types of cervical spondylosis, and each type of cervical spondylosis exhibits different symptoms: 1. neurogenic cervical spondylosis, in which the intervertebral disc protrudes to the back of the spinal canal and compresses the spinal nerve roots, resulting in a decrease in upper limb muscle strength and upper limb weakness, which does not affect the heart. 2. spinal cervical spondylosis, also due to the protrusion of the intervertebral disc to the back, compresses the nerves and produces symptoms, which also does not cause a rapid heartbeat. 3. 3. In vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, the vertebral artery is compressed by the intervertebral disc, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the base of the brain, which causes dizziness. The heart rate will be accelerated, but will be decreased instead.