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Check Up is your chance to talk to doctors about the health issues that most concern you and your family. Each week Barbara Myers is joined by a medical expert to take your calls and emails on a particular topic and give you the most up to date advice. No appointment necessary.
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"There is no substitute for one-to-one advice from aÌýtop medical expert and that's what we offer our callers and emailers. But for each person who calls to ask for help, someone else phones in to pass on a tip or a suggestion -Ìýit's a great programme to present."
Barbara Myers |
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 Full programme transcript >>
Arrhythmias
In this last programmeÌýin this series of Check Up, Barbara Myers takes listeners' calls about abnormal rhythms of the heart, or arrhythmias.
Many arrhythmias cause no symptoms and may go unnoticed; however they can lead to palpitations, which are an unpleasant awareness of the heartbeat.
Bouts of palpitations may last for seconds, minutes or even hours.
Other symptoms of arrhythmias include dizziness, fainting, chest pain and breathlessness.
Some arrhythmias can result in loss of consciousness and a small number of patients are at risk from cardiac arrest.
It is estimated that 1 in 20 of the population are managing an arrhythmia at any given time.
Are worried you have an arrhythmia? How are arrhythmias diagnosed? What treatments are available?
Discover the answers to these questions and hear advice on how to live with an arrhythmia when Barbara Myers puts your calls to Professor Peter Weissberg, consultant cardiologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, and medical director of the British Heart Foundation.
Contact the Programme
Check Up is your opportunity to ask an expert about the condition. If you have a question, contact us by calling 0870 010 0444 from 1.30pm - 3.30pm on the day of broadcast or by emailingÌý the programme - see 'Contact Check Up' link above. |
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