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What is escape rhytms when it comes to the heart? when and how can they happen? if u have a extremely oversensitive autonomic nervoussystem?

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Dr. Jay Ganji answered

Escape rhythm: Young people have high parasympathetic tone and can have very slow hear rate, especially if they exercise regularly. At times the upper chamber which controls heart rate may not fire a beat and lower chamber picks up spontaneously as a protective mechanism-escape beat

Answered 5/25/2014

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