Warning Signs Of Aortic Stenosis

Heart Palpitations

Heart palpitations occur when an individual experiences disturbances in the normal rhythm and speed of their heartbeat. Aortic valve stenosis patients tend to experience arrhythmias that are tachycardic in nature and irregularities in the pattern of their heartbeat. These abnormal beating patterns occur because the patient's heart has to work very hard to push a sufficient amount of blood out of the aortic valve that does not open entirely. Additionally, left ventricular hypertrophy can induce the same process when the hypertrophic heart cannot pump blood efficiently enough. When the patient's brain senses oxygen is not reaching vital tissues, it induces an increased breathing rate and signals the heart to beat faster. Fast heartbeats can be felt by the tissues and nerves close to the heart that send sensory signals to the brain. This process results in heart palpitations in aortic valve stenosis patients.

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