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	Sick sinus syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome is a group of abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias) presumably caused by a malfunction of the sinus node, the heart's "natural" pacemaker.
		Sick sinus syndrome is a relatively uncommon syndrome.
		Sick sinus syndrome may also be associated with tachycardias (fast heart rate) such as PSVT and atrial fibrillation.
	www.stv.org /adam/encyclopedia/ency/article/000161.htm (286 words)

	Sick sinus syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome, also called Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome is a group of abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias) presumably caused by a malfunction of the sinus node, the heart's "natural" pacemaker.
		Sick sinus syndrome is more common in elderly adults, where the cause is often a non-specific, scar-like degeneration of the cardiac conduction system.
		Cardiac surgery, especially to the atria, is a common cause of sick sinus syndrome in children.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/si/sick_sinus_syndrome.html (227 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a type of bradycardia in which the sinoatrial (SA), or sinus node is not working as it should.
		Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is not a specific disease, but a group of signs or symptoms that indicate the SA node is not functioning properly.
		Sinus "pauses," or gaps between signals from the SA node, that indicate the heart is not being paced at the normal, steady rate.
	www.hrspatients.org /patients/heart_disorders/sick_sinus/default.asp (876 words)

	Sick sinus syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome usually occurs in people older than 50, where the cause is often a non-specific, scar-like degeneration of the heart's conduction system.
		In children, a common cause of sick sinus syndrome is heart surgery, especially to the atria (upper chambers).
		Sick sinus syndrome may cause symptoms of heart failure to occur or worsen.
	www.healthtalk.com /lymphoma/encyclopedia/?p=1/000161.htm (586 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome \| Caremark Health Resources
		Sick sinus syndrome is a disorder of the sinus node of the heart, which regulates heartbeat.
		A sick sinus node may be responsible for starting beats too slowly, pausing too long between initiation of heartbeats, or not producing heartbeats at all.
		Sick sinus syndrome may be brought on by the use of certain drugs, but is most common in elderly patients.
	healthresources.caremark.com /topic/sicksinus (694 words)

	Diagnosis and treatment of sick sinus syndrome American Family Physician - Find Articles
		Sick sinus syndrome is a generalized abnormality of cardiac impulse formation that may be caused by an intrinsic disease of the sinus node that makes it unable to perform its pacemaking function, or by extrinsic causes.
		Sick sinus syndrome is not a disease with a single etiology and pathogenesis but, rather, a collection of conditions in which the electrocardiogram (ECG) indicates sinus node dysfunction.
		The sinus bradycardia that occurs in patients with sick sinus syndrome is inappropriate and not caused by medications.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3225/is_8_67/ai_100572096 (796 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
		Many people with sick sinus syndrome do not have symptoms, or they do not think their symptoms are serious enough for them to see a doctor.
		Sick sinus syndrome can be hard to diagnose because you may not have many of the symptoms.
		If sick sinus syndrome is causing a slow heart rate (bradycardia), you may need to have a pacemaker implanted and you may need to take antiarrhythmic medicines.
	www.texasheartinstitute.org /HIC/Topics/Cond/sicksinus.cfm (827 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Health Encyclopedia
		Sick sinus syndrome is a collection of heart rhythm disorders that include:
		Sick sinus syndrome usually occurs in people older than 50, in whom the cause is often a non-specific, scar-like degeneration of the heart's conduction system.
		In children, a common cause of sick sinus syndrome is heart surgery, especially on the upper chambers.
	www.nbc4.tv /encyclopedia/6859514/detail.html (810 words)

	U-M CVC - Sick Sinus Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sick sinus syndrome occurs when the sinus node — the heart’s normal pacemaker — does not function normally.
		Sick sinus syndrome is rare in young people except when there is a history of heart surgery involving the heart’s upper chambers — the atria.
		In sick sinus syndrome, the sinus node is not able to adjust the heart rate to the level of activity.
	www.med.umich.edu /cvc/mchc/parsick.htm (498 words)

	UpToDate Manifestations and causes of the sick sinus syndrome
		UpToDate Manifestations and causes of the sick sinus syndrome
		Manifestations and causes of the sick sinus syndrome
		The term was later applied to a clinical syndrome characterized by chronic SA nodal dysfunction, a sluggish or absent SA nodal pacemaker after DC electroversion, frequently depressed escape pacemakers, and AV nodal conduction disturbances [2,3].
	patients.uptodate.com /topic.asp?file=carrhyth/2319 (607 words)

	Sinus Bradycardia and Sick Sinus Syndrome, Abnormal Heart Rhythms, THE MERCK MANUAL OF HEALTH & AGING
		Sick sinus syndrome is malfunction of the heart's natural pacemaker (sinus or sinoatrial node) that causes heart rhythm to vary randomly.
		Sinus bradycardia may be caused by a heart attack, a dangerously low body temperature (hypothermia), an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism), or increased pressure within the skull (which can result from a hemorrhagic stroke).
		Whether sick sinus syndrome causes any serious problems depends on the disorder causing it and the severity of the bradycardia or tachycardia.
	www.merck.com /pubs/mmanual_ha/sec3/ch47/ch47f.html (557 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Patient UK
		Sick sinus syndrome is a collection of conditions in which the ECG indicates sinus node dysfunction
		Symptoms associated with sick sinus syndrome may be aggravated by digoxin, verapamil, beta blockers, sympatholytic agents such as clonidine and methyldopa, and antiarrhythmic agents.
		Patients with sick sinus syndrome who have bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome or chronic atrial fibrillation are at risk for embolic stroke.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40001963 (825 words)

	HerbChina2000.com - Herbal Remedies - Sick sinus syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a type of bradycardia in which the sinoatrial node (the heart's natural pacemaker) is not functioning as it should.
		SSS can also cause tachycardia (heart rates that are too fast) or bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome (heart rates that fluctuate between being too slow and too fast).
		Many people with sick sinus syndrome have no symptoms, or the symptoms may not seem serious enough for concern.
	www.herbchina2000.com /therapies/ASD.shtml (891 words)

	Virginia Hospital Center - Sick Sinus Syndrome
		The diagnosis of sick sinus syndrome includes a history of symptoms that occur only during episodes of arrhythmia.
		Holter monitoring may be needed to document the arrhythmia because of the episodic nature of the disorder.
		An EPS (intracardiac electrophysiology study) may confirm that the arrhythmia is caused by a disorder of the sinus node.
	www.virginiahospitalcenter.com /content/adam_000161.asp (527 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Page 4
		Symptoms of sick sinus syndrome (SSS) may develop over a lengthy span of time, even over a period of years, or there may be none present.
		A pause in the signals originating from the sinus node that normally triggers the heartbeat.
		Sinus pauses are caused by a number of things and are not usually a concern.
	heart.health.ivillage.com /arrhythmia/sicksinussyndrome4.cfm (639 words)

	Healthopedia.com - Sick Sinus Syndrome
		Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a set of symptoms caused by abnormal electrical activity in a part of the heart called the sinus node.
		When the sinus node is damaged or doesn't function right, the heart may beat too slowly or even stop beating for a period of time.
		Sick sinus syndrome refers to the symptoms seen when the sinus node fails to work properly.
	www.healthopedia.com /sick-sinus-syndrome (319 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Page 1
		Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a group of signs and symptoms that, when they occur together, are an indication that the
		The primary symptom of SSS is sinus bradycardia, a heart rhythm that is slower that 60 beats per minute.
		However, about half of patients with sick sinus syndrome may also experience rapid heartbeats or heart rates that alternate between too fast and too slow.
	heart.health.ivillage.com /arrhythmia/sicksinussyndrome.cfm (323 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome: What You Should Know -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sick sinus syndrome is the name for several conditions in which the sinus node does not work the right way.
		If you have sick sinus syndrome, your heart rate may be too slow or too fast to meet the needs of your body.
		Some people who have sick sinus syndrome and also have other medical problems may be at greater risk of having a stroke.
	familydoctor.org /767.xml (533 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome Associated Conditions
		There is no specific, known cause of sick sinus syndrome.
		Patients with SA node problems who have a too-fast heart rate, for example, may develop symptoms of SSS when they take medications that slow this fast heartbeat.
		A common cause of SSS in children is heart surgery, especially in the upper chambers, or atria.
	www.hrspatients.org /patients/heart_disorders/sick_sinus/associated_conditions.asp (392 words)

	Sick sinus syndrome definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Sick sinus syndrome: Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the heart, which acts as the body's natural pacemaker.
		If the sinus node is not functioning normally, it is reflected in an abnormally slow heart rate (bradycardia).
		Common Misspellings: sick sinus syndrone, sick sinius syndrome, sick sinius syndrone
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7464 (193 words)

	Sick sinus syndrome - WrongDiagnosis.com
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		Dysfunction of the sinoatrial node manifested by persistent sinus bradycardia, sinus arrest, sinoatrial exit block, chronic atrial fibrillation and inability of the heart to resume sinus rhythm following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation.
		Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Sick sinus syndrome.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /s/sick_sinus_syndrome/intro.htm (723 words)

	Sick Sinus Syndrome - Sick Sinus Syndrome symptom, treatment, causes
		Sick Sinus Syndrome - Sick Sinus Syndrome symptom, treatment, causes
		Sick Sinus Syndrome is a disease of combination of symptoms resulting from intermittent disordered function of the heart's sinoatrial node, the main controller of heart rate and rhythm.
		sick sinus syndrome may follow heart disease such as CARDIO MYOPATHYor HEART ATTACK, but often the cause is obscure.
	www.health-care-clinic.com /family-health/s/sick-sinus-syndrome.htm (182 words)

	AllRefer Health - Sick Sinus Syndrome Treatment (Bradycardia-Tachycardia Syndrome)
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		Any associated tachycardia (a fast heart rate) may be treated with medications after the person is protected from symptomatic bradycardia by a pacemaker.
		• Sick Sinus Syndrome Overview, Causes, and Risk Factors
	health.allrefer.com /health/sick-sinus-syndrome-treatment.html (297 words)

	AllRefer Health - Sick Sinus Syndrome (Bradycardia-Tachycardia Syndrome)
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Health > Diseases and Conditions > Sick Sinus Syndrome
		Sick Sinus Syndrome Overview, Causes, and Risk Factors
		Topics that might be of interest to you
	health.allrefer.com /health/sick-sinus-syndrome-info.html (434 words)

	Heart & Cardiology: Coreg / Sick Sinus Syndrome
		Heart & Cardiology: Coreg / Sick Sinus Syndrome
		Is Coreg 6.25 mg contraindicated for an elderly patient with Sick Sinus Syndrome and severe bradycardia?
		Could a dosage this strong (Coreg 6.25) worsen the bradycardic effect prior to a pacemaker insertion?
	en.allexperts.com /q/Heart-Cardiology-964/Coreg-Sick-Sinus-Syndrome.htm (281 words)

	Dr. Koop - Sick sinus syndrome
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