There is scant agreement regarding the effect on cardiac output of conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm. Some workers have reported a considerable increase in resting cardiac output; others have found no change. The interval between conversion and the repeat measurement of cardiac output has varied widely. In general, measurements made within a few hours of conversion have shown li...

Basic cardiac electrophysiology is foundational to understanding normal cardiac function in terms of rate and rhythm and initiation of cardiac muscle contraction. The primary clinical tool for assessing cardiac electrical events is the electrocardiogram (ECG), which provides global and regional information on rate, rhythm, and electrical conduction as well as changes in electrical activity asso...

Atypical manifestations of dengue fever are rising but they may be under reported. In dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), cardiac rhythm abnormalities observed were ventricular arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation and atrioventricular block. Here we report an 11 year old boy who presented with dengue fever and developed bradycardia and hypotension. His electrocardiogram (ECG), during the bradycardia, sh...

listen to the heart sounds gives us valuable information about existence of disorder in heart rate and rhythm, ventricular fibrillation and movement of blood through valves. this required a lot of skills. so it is necessary to understand and apply these skills for nurses in cardiac and intensive care. abnormal sounds can be recognized by them. for facilitation this work, nurses should be have i...

Management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patientspresentingwith acutecoronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous coronary or valve interventions: a joint consensus document of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and European Asso...

The development of cardiac pacemakers has a rich history spanning over two centuries, beginning with Luigi Galvani's discovery the heart's response to electrical currents in late 18th century. Paul Zoll's pioneering work 1950s introduced external and defibrillators, followed by first successful implantation fully implantable pacemaker Sweden 1958. Since then, have undergone major improvements, ...

In Table 1, values for Sinus rhythm and Pace maker rhythm in the Cardiac rhythm section are incorrect. The correct version of Table 1 can be viewed here. Copyright: ß 2014 The PLOS ONE Staff. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original a...

BACKGROUND Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are at high risk of recurrent arrests, many of which could be prevented with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). We sought to determine the ICD insertion rate among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and to determine factors associated with ICD implantation. METHODS The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS...

Background: The word Cardiac Arrhythmia was derived from Latin “Cardiac’’ means heart, “A’’ disturbance, distortion, or without and ``Rhythmia’’ to measure continuous normal rhythm. WHO, estimates about 60% of the total worlds cardiac patient will be Indians.Objectives1. To assess knowledge regarding its management among experimental control group by pre-test. 2. effectiveness STP on post-test....