Management of cardiac arrhythmias I: Tachyarrhythmias
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 18 Nov, 2008
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What causes cardiac arrhythmia? Myocardial factors like ischemia, infarction and myocarditis Autonomic imbalance like sypmathetic and parasympathetic overactivity or underactivity Electrolyte imbalance like hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia Hypoxia Drugs like antiarrhythmic agents and psychotropic agents Genetic disorders – Channelopathies like Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome and short QT syndrome Common supraventricular tachyarrhythmias Atrial fibrillation Atrial flutter [...]
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