Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia is a change in the regular beat of the heart. The heart may seem to skip a beat or beat irregularly or very fast or very slowly. Palpitations are a form of arrhythmia.

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Reviewed May 2009

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Title:	Palpitations - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Palpitations are sensations of excessively strong and/or irregular heartbeats. Find out more about the causes and treatment for palpitations.
Date:	Apr 2009

Title:	Artificial cardiac pacemakers
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	An artificial pacemaker for the heart works by supplementing the heart's natural rhythm. Conditions like 'sick sinus syndrome' or 'heart block' are characterised by the heart's inability to beat regularly and effectively. Symptoms may include irregular heart rate, tiredness, dizziness and loss of consciousness.
Date:	Mar 2009

Title:	Heart arrhythmia and palpitations
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	A heart that skips a beat, beats irregularly or beats too quickly or too slowly is considered to be experiencing heart arrhythmia. Other symptoms of heart arrhythmia may include chest pain, dizziness or fainting, sweating, shortness of breath, light-headedness and a fullness in the neck or throat. Heart arrhythmia may be called tachycardia or bradycardia. Some medical conditions and drugs can cause heart arrhythmia. A palpitation is when you are aware of your heartbeat. Anxiety or emotional upset, activity or a rush of adrenalin may cause heart palpitations.
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is characterised by an electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormality. This is usually, but not always, associated with attacks of rapid heart rate (tachycardia). A person with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome has two electrical pathways inside their heart instead of one, and the extra pathway can lead to instability in the electrical control mechanism of the heart.
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	Arrhythmia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information covering symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of heart arrhythmias.
Date:	Jan 2008

Title:	Intravenous magnesium for acute myocardial infarction
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	In some countries, intravenous (IV) magnesium is administered to heart attack patients in order to limit damage to the heart muscle, prevent serious arrhythmias and reduce the risk of death. Several small trials appeared to support the practice. But the...
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion (PLAATO) System (update)
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	ASERNIP-S has performed an updated prioritising summary on the Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion (PLAATO) System.
Date:	Jun 2006

Title:	Amiodarone
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug available. It is a difficult and challenging drug to use in clinical practice. This is because of its very prolonged half-life and because of its multiple adverse effects.
Date:	Dec 2005

Title:	Kinesthetic stimulation versus theophylline for apnea in preterm infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Some evidence that theophylline may be more effective for apnea in preterm babies than kinesthetic stimulation, but more research is needed. Apnea is a pause in breathing of greater than 20 seconds. It may occur repeatedly in preterm babies (born before...
Date:	Dec 2004

Title:	Kinesthetic stimulation for treating apnea in preterm infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Rocking therapy and physical stimulation have been advocated to assist preterm infants to breathe regularly and some have been designed to mimic inutero movements. A pause in breathing (apnea) is common in very preterm infants but it can lead to a lack ...

Title:	Dual chamber versus single chamber ventricular pacemakers for sick sinus syndrome and atrioventricular block
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) and atrioventricular block (AV block) are the two most common reasons people have pacemakers implanted. Both involve the heart beating abnormally slowly. Pacemakers replace or control the heart's own electrical activity. Single...
Date:	Feb 2004

Title:	Heartbeat - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	The walls of the heart's chambers are made of muscle, the contraction of which constitutes a heartbeat.
Date:	Mar 2003

Title:	Cisapride: more restrictions
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	There are few gastrointestinal conditions which require treatment with cisapride. It should only be tried if patients with gastroparesis or severe gastro-oesophageal reflux have not responded to other drugs.
Date:	Dec 2002

Title:	Drugs and the QTc interval
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Electrical impulses control the heartbeat. Some medicines have side effects which can change the heartbeat.
Date:	Jun 2002

Title:	Drugs and the QTc interval
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Many commonly used drugs can prolong the QTc interval, especially if used in combination with other substances which affect their metabolism. Prolongation of the QTc interval can cause life-threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia also known as torsade de pointes.
Date:	Jun 2002

Title:	Alternatives to cisapride (Prepulsid)
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Cisapride was a drug that was used to treat several types of stomach problem. It will not be used so much in future because of safety concerns. In some patients cisapride can cause an abnormal heart rate; this can be fatal.
Date:	Oct 2001

Title:	Alternatives to cisapride
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Cisapride has the potential to cause arrhythmias, particularly in susceptible patients, at higher doses and when combined with drugs or foods that inhibit its metabolism. Meta-analyses suggest that the efficacy of cisapride may have been overestimated in the past.
Date:	Oct 2001

Title:	Digoxin in the 21st century
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Digoxin is a medicine which comes from the foxglove plant. It has been used for more than 200 years to treat heart failure. Digoxin makes the heart beat more strongly.
Date:	Jan 1999

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