This second podcast in the What are Palpitations? series focuses on palpitations and other symptoms that may represent heart-rhythm abnormalities. A brief outline includes:
- Introduction
- What is a normal heart rhythm?
- What are abnormal heart rhythms?
- What are palpitations?
- Other symptoms that may represent heart-rhythm abnormalities
- Know your ejection fraction
- What are ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia?
- Is there a difference between atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation?
- Congestive heart failure and risk of arrhythmia
Please check back with the Heart Rhythm Center for future podcasts to include:
- How Are Heart-Rhythm Abnormalities Diagnosed?
- Work-up and Evaluation of Heart-Rhythm Disorders (Meeting the Heart-Rhythm Physician)
- What Are the Common Supraventricular (Top-Chamber) Tachycardias?
- What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
- What Are the Common Ventricular (Bottom-Chamber) Tachycardias?
- Treatment Options for Arrhythmias
- The Electrophysiology Study and Ablation Procedure
- Possible Complications of Electrophysiology Studies and Ablations
- Postoperative Care after an EP Study (and possible ablation)
- Psychosocial Impact of Arrhythmias