Treatment for bradycardia will depend on its cause. If you are a young, healthy, athletic person, your bradycardia may need no treatment. Other people might need one or more of these treatments.
Some medicines can impact the heart rate. If medicines prescribed for any condition are causing the heart to beat dangerously slow, your healthcare provider may suggest you change medicines or dosages.
If the bradycardia is due to damage to your heart muscle, you may need a pacemaker. In this procedure, the surgeon places this small, battery-operated device under the skin, usually near the collarbone. The pacemaker helps regulate your heart rate and rhythm.
Other medical conditions – such as hypothyroidism, an electrolyte imbalance or Lyme disease – can also cause bradycardia. Therefore, it’s important that patients take medicines to treat the underlying conditions causing their heart to beat slowly.
