Cardiac arrhythmias

Disease class: Heart diseases

This is a group of diseases characterised by abnormalities in cardiac electrophysiology. 

Types

• arrhythmia, Sinus
• Atrial fibrillation 
• Atrial flutter
• Bradycardia
• Brugada syndrome
• cardiac complexes, Premature
• commotio cordis
• Heart block
• Long QT syndrome
• Parasystole
• Pre-Excitation syndromes
• Tachycardia
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Ventricular flutter

 

Investigations

• Electrocardiography
• Echocardiography 

 

Management

• Anti-arrhythmic drugs
• Electrical cardioversion