(cc Table)
Slow rate (bradycardia, < 60 bpm)
- Sleep
- Athletic training
- Hypothyroidism
- Medication:
- Beta-blockers
- Digoxin
- Verapamil, diltiazem
Fast rate (tachycardia, > 100 bpm)
- Exercise
- Pain
- Excitement/anxiety
- Fever
- Hyperthyroidism
- Medication:
- Sympathomimetics,
- e.g. salbutamol Vasodilators
Atrial fibrillation
- Hypertension
- • Heart failure
- • Myocardial infarction
- • Thyrotoxicosis
- • Alcohol-related heart disease
- • Mitral valve disease
- • Infection, e.g. respiratory, urinary
- • Post cardiothoracic surgery