How to contact
BB Cardiology
NHS work
Dr Ben Brown
Wythenshawe Hospital
South Manchester
M23 9LT
Private work
Alexandra Hospital
Mill Lane
Cheadle
SK8 2PX
Private appointments
Alexandra hospital
Contact the team
tel:0161 6965293
ben.brown@consultantcare.com
NHS secretary
Clare
0161 29132528
Our consultation times
Outpatient appointments Tuesday from 2pm Alexandra hospital, Cheadle
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Know your heart
It can often be helpful to understand more about your heart condition to help you make the right decisions about your treatment. The following pages will provide information about the normal electics of the heart in addition to information about abnormal heart rhythms and the symptoms they cause.
Normal heart rhythm
The heart is an incredible organ with an average rate of 72 bpm for men (more for women) thats 4320 per hour and over a lifetime around 2500 million.
The heart has its own pacemaker (SA or sinoatrial node) that starts the heart beat off. The beat spreads across the top chambers of the heart (atria) and reaches the junction box in the middle of the heart (AV node). This acts as a regulator preventing fast and dangerous beats from reaching the bottom chambers (ventricles). From the AV node specialised strands of heart tissue (bundle branches and Perkinje tissue) spread the beat across the ventricles ejecting blood from the heart. The electrics then reset themselves ready to start again from the top.
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