âPrimary care physicians fall into [one of two categories]: family medicine doctors and internal medicine doctors,â explains Saju Mathew, M.D., a primary care physician at Piedmont Physicians Group. âWeâre all primary care physicians, but the biggest difference is internal medicine doctors are like adult pediatricians.â.
Please describe what type of heart rhythm disorder you have. I am a 44 year old female with paroxysmal, atrial fibrillation and bradycardia. I also have high blood pressure, diabetes type 2, asthma, and ischemic stroke. I wonder if an inherited heart condition started at birth can cause some of these conditions that are life threatening.
Cardiac Rhythms and EKG Overview. Study of a patient's cardiac rhythms using an EKG may indicate normal or abnormal conditions. Abnormal rhythms are called arrhythmia or sometimes, dysrhythmia. Arrhythmia is an abnormally slow or fast heart rate or an irregular cardiac rhythm. During a single heart beat, several electrical events occur. These events are part of an EKG tracing and are called P, Q, R, S, T and U.