Asthama and heart problems

[Vidhya]

Hi,
My mother is an asthma patient and she has recently started using nebulizer. We recently observed that her blood pressure was high and also her ECG was erratic.
Also I came across a person for whom the valves in the heart was affected because she was an asthma patient.
Doctors said that for people with Asthma, heart might get affected as well and that they are related.
Can you please tell me how they are related and how I can protect my mother from further heart problems which can be caused by astham/wheezing?

thanks,
vidhya

[National Jewish Health]

Normally, the disease asthma, does not affect the heart muscle or heart valves.  The heart can be affected during an acute asthma attack, if it is not getting enough oxygen.

Some inhaled asthma medication (bronchodilators) can cause a rapid or irregular heart rate and/or blood pressure elevation.
The goal should be to:
1) Make sure her asthma is under optimum control,
2) Have her doctor check her blood pressure and treat it
3) Talk to her doctor about the erratic EKG. What does it mean?  What is causing it and how can it be returned to a regular rhythm.  An erratic heart rhythm can also be caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure.

[Vidhya]

Hi,
So, it is possible that inhaled asthma medication can cause rapid heart rate ?
she is currently using Nebulizer for asthma.