Have you ever stopped to wonder, mid-hike or jog or bike ride, exactly how hard you're exercising? Resting heart rate in cardiovascular disease. In a procedure called catheter ablation, a long, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel in the arm, upper thigh, or neck and is guided to the heart. Bradyarrhythmias are characterized by abnormally slow heartbeats, which can keep enough blood from reaching the brain, thus causing the person to lose consciousness. Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation in terms of symptoms and complications, but the electrical signals spread through the atria in a regular rhythm. Ventricular fibrillation can cause people to lose consciousness and, if not treated within minutes, die. Listen to your body, and you can't go wrong. Resting heart rate in middle age and diabetes development in older age. Background Resting heart rate has been shown to predict risk of cardiovascular disease; its association with diabetes remains unclear, particularly in non-Western populations.
