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What is a cardiac arrhythmia?

The heart: its function
- The heart is the most efficient pump
- Conducción de los impulsos eléctricos cardiacos
- The cardiac valves
- Frequence at which the heart beats
What is a cardiac arrhytmia?
- What causes an arrhythmia?
- How to diagnose an arrhythmia?
- Clinical relevance of cardiac arrhythmias
What are the symptoms?

Classification of arrhytmias

Bradycardia or bradyarrhythmias (when the heart beats at a frequency of less than 60 beats per minute)

Sinus bradycardia
- Sinus pauses
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome
Atrio-ventricular (AV) conduction block
Intraventricular conduction abnormalities

Tachycardias or tachyarrhythmias (when the heart of a person at rest is accelerated above 100 beats per minute)
- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias
  - Atrial tachycardia
  - Atrial fibrillation (AF)
- Ventricular tachyarrhythmias
  - Ventricular extrasystoles
  - Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
  - Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
  - Sudden cardiac death

Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias

Atrial fibrillation

Sudden cardiac death
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