Stroke is a common reason for hospital admission, and it is appropriate for CMS. to want to measure and improve the quality of stroke care. Unfortunately, the two. measures chosen â stroke mortality and readmission within 30 days of hospital. discharge â fail to accurately reflect hospital performance.
In brief: Sinus arrhythimia. This is the kind of heart arrhythmia that anxiety can cause and is a normal heart beat that happens to be irregular in timing. The high rate is similar to when you exercise. Since heart is pumping normally during sinus arrhythmia, it is harmless (other than causing more anxiety). Also, they tend to be short and self-limited, especially if anxiety is relieved. This is the kind of heart arrhythmia that anxiety can cause and is a normal heart beat that happens to be irregular in timing.
Anxiety doesn't cause long-term high blood pressure (hypertension). But episodes of anxiety can cause dramatic, temporary spikes in your blood pressure. If those temporary spikes occur frequently, such as every day, they can cause damage to your blood vessels, heart and kidneys, as can chronic high blood pressure. In addition, when you have anxiety you're more likely to resort to other unhealthy habits that can increase your blood pressure, such as: Smoking.