Overview of Arrhythmias and Conduction Disorders

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• Overview of Arrhythmias
  • Anatomy of the Cardiac Conduction System
    • Anatomy of conduction system reference
  • Cardiac Physiology
    • Electrophysiology
    • Normal cardiac rhythm
    • Cardiac physiology references
  • Pathophysiology
    • Reentry
    • Pathophysiology reference
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Bradyarrhythmias
    • Tachyarrhythmias
    • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Surgery for cardiac arrhythmias

• Medications for Arrhythmias
  • Antiarrhythmic drug references
  • Class I Antiarrhythmic Drugs
    • Class Ia antiarrhythmic drugs
    • Class Ib antiarrhythmic drugs
    • Class Ic antiarrhythmic drugs
    • Class 1 antiarrhythmic drugs references
  • Class II Antiarrhythmic Drugs
  • Class III Antiarrhythmic Drugs
  • Class IV Antiarrhythmic Drugs

• Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion-Defibrillation
  • Procedure for DC cardioversion
  • Complications of DC cardioversion
  • References

• Cardiac Pacemakers
  • Indications for pacemaker placement
  • Types of cardiac pacemakers
  • Complications of pacemaker use
  • References

• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
  • References

• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICD)
  • Indications for ICDs
  • ICD malfunction
  • When an ICD discharges
  • References

• Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmia
  • References