Menopause & Tachycardia

One of the early signs of impending menopause is tachycardia. Tachycardia refers to a faster than normal resting heartbeat. Tachycardia can put you in peril, depending on how hard your heart has to work.

Effects

• When your heart beats too fast, it is less efficient and blood flow to the heart is reduced, according to Medical News Today.

Normal Heart Rate

• A normal heartbeat for a resting adult is between 80 and 100 beats per minute. If you are experiencing tachycardia, this means that the lower and upper chambers of your heart are beating too fast.

Potential

• Tachycardia can lead to a heart attack because it results in the death of oxygen-starved myocardial cells.

Expert Insight

• The Cleveland Clinic explains that during the period prior to menopause, which is called perimenopause, estrogen production begins to decline which is connected with an increase in a woman’s heart rate, which is called sinus tachycardia.

Menopause

• Your estrogen levels continue to decline as you enter into full menopause, which can result in chest pains, palpitations, irregular heart beats and nightmares.

HRT

• The Cleveland Clinic cites a study called HERS for Heart and Estrogen Replacement Study which determined that hormone replacement therapy did not reduce these cardiovascular events and may in fact increase blood clots (thromboembolism.)