Heart Arrhythmias (Adult)
Arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat, can be too fast, too slow or in an unpredictable pattern. During an arrhythmia, blood might have trouble getting to your vital organs.
Your Michigan Answer for Arrhythmias
Living with arrhythmia may be uncomfortable and stressful. You might feel your heart fluttering, pounding or skipping a beat. Or, you might not have any symptoms but learn you have this condition during a regular doctor’s visit.
Having a heart arrhythmia means your heart doesn’t beat in a normal rhythm. It may be fast, slow, or uneven. All of these are caused when electrical signals that control the heartbeat aren’t working normally. While some arrhythmias are harmless, others can need treatment to prevent health problems.
At U-M Health, your heart is in expert hands. Every year, we help thousands of patients, performing more than 1,400 catheter ablations and over 1,000 cardiac device implants annually.
Our Frankel Cardiovascular Center (CVC) has been setting the standard for arrhythmia treatment for over 40 years. That’s why we’ve been ranked among the top Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report year after year.
With both research and clinical excellence, we provide world-class care for happier, healthier lives. We were the third hospital in the world, and the first in Michigan, to implant the most recent version of the world’s smallest, leadless pacemaker. Frankel CVC leads the state in high-tech heart procedures including catheter ablations using 3D and 4D mapping and pulsed-field ablation (PFA) to target abnormal heart cells and fix the heart’s rhythm without open surgery and with less risk to heart tissue.
Get top-of-the-line arrhythmia care, with expert support from your very first consultation, at U-M Health.
