Related articles: Bradycardia
Definition
Slow heart rate, which falls below 60 beats per minute in rest conditions. In a sedentary subject, even after a few weeks of resistance training (cycling, running, cross-country skiing, endurance swimming, etc.), it is possible to observe a reduction in the HR of 8-10 bpm. At great levels of competition it is possible to reach 35 - 40 bpm, values that configure the athlete's classic bradycardia.Possible Causes * of Bradycardia
- Nervous anorexia
- Dengue
- Lassa fever
- Yellow fever
- Hypothyroidism
- Myelitis
- Hashimoto's disease
- Meconium aspiration syndrome
- Typhus
