In Search of Hidden Arrhythmia
Journal Title: BMH Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Cardiac rhythm disorders could be very common and minimal significance like isolated ventricular ectopics are very serious and life threatening like ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Often it is an irregular pulse or heart beats which calls our attention to the presence of cardiac rhythm disorders. But many times, cardiac arrhythmia is intermittent and not manifest at the time of physical examination. A simple 12 lead electrocardiogram with a long rhythm strip can document cardiac arrhythmia which is frequent, but often fails to record intermittent arrhythmia which can still be quite symptomatic and sometimes life threatenting. This brief review is on the various modalities of electrocardiographic recordings used for documenting arrhythmia which is not easily documented by a 12 lead electrocardiogram with a long rhythm strip.
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Johnson Francis
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