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ventricular arrhythmia

An irregular heart beat that originates in the ventricle or bundle of His. Management: - beta-blockers & amiodarone may reduce mortality [5]

Specific

accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR) pre-excitation premature ventricular complex (PVC) or depolarization (PVD), extrasystole ventricular escape rhythm ventricular tachycardia (VT)

General

cardiac arrhythmia

References

  1. Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M et al ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death). Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation. 2006 Aug 25; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 16935995 http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/pdfs/VASCD_FullText.8.15.06.pdf
  2. European Heart Rhythm Association; Heart Rhythm Society, Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M et al ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Sep 5;48(5):e247-346. PMID: 16949478
  3. Young K, Fairchild DG Heart Groups Update Guidelines on Managing Ventricular Arrhythmias and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Physician's First Watch, Oc 31, 2017 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - JACC article
  4. Al-Khatib SM et al. AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation 2017 Oct 30 PMID: 29084731 http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/10/30/CIR.0000000000000549
  5. Di Palo, Feder S, Baggenstos YT et al Palliative Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Jul 1:e000131 PMID: 38946532 Free article. Review. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000131