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Overview of Abnormal Heart Rhythms
Normal electrical pathway
Causes
Fast arrhythmias
Slow arrhythmias
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
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Medications to Treat Abnormal Heart Rhythms
Artificial Pacemakers
Cardioversion-Defibrillation
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
Destroying Abnormal Heart Tissue (Ablation)
Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Causes
Complications
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Slowing the heart rate
Restoring normal heart rhythm
Ablation procedures
Preventing blood clots
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Atrial Premature Beats
Treatment
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Cardiac Channelopathies
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Torsades de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Long QT Interval Syndromes
Causes
Triggers
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT, PSVT)
Treatment
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Sinus Node Dysfunction
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Ventricular Fibrillation
Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Ventricular Premature Beats
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Ventricular Tachycardia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Immediate treatment
Long-term treatment
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Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
Symptoms
Atrial fibrillation and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Diagnosis
Treatment
Ablation
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Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies
Overview of Heart Block
Normal electrical pathway
Heart blocks
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Atrioventricular Block
Causes
Classification
First-degree atrioventricular block
Second-degree atrioventricular block
Third-degree atrioventricular block
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Bundle Branch Block
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