The third podcast in the What are Palpitations? series focuses on what tools/techniques your care providers have to diagnose abnormal heart rhythms. A brief outline includes:
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
Twenty-four-hour Holter monitor
Two- to four-week outpatient telemetry monitor
Hospital telemetry
Smartphone-based applications
Tilt-table test
Implantable loop recorders
Summary
Please check back with the Heart Rhythm Center for future podcasts to include:
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)
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)
Thousands of patients every year are admitted to hospitals because of irregular, fast, or strong heartbeats. For the portion that will eventually be diagnosed with a heart condition, there are important choices to make moving forward. But there is rarely time in a short doctor’s visit to go over all the details.
The Heart Rhythm Center’s podcast What are Palpitations? serves as a comprehensive overview fills that information gap by imparting everything there is to know about abnormal heart rhythms through all stages of care. Dr. Jeffrey L. Williams, MD, MS, FACC, FHRS, CPE, has worked to provide patients with complete information. There are various types of arrhythmias, and the benefits and risks of treatments for each will vary for each individual patient. Patients, as well as their families, need a thorough understanding to make a fully informed decision.
Along with types of treatments, Dr. Williams discusses what is happening on a physiological level and explains the full evaluation process that doctors use. His knowledge, gained over years of study and practice, offers the what, why, and how of this medical issue, so anyone can make the best decisions for the health of his or her family.
Please check back with the Heart Rhythm Center for future podcasts to include:
Palpitations and Other Symptoms That May Represent Heart-Rhythm Abnormalities (Arrhythmias)
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)
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