Prefatal cardiac arrhythmias.
Monitoring of the patient's heart rate and rhythm is becoming standard procedure for oral surgeons. Abnormal rhythms can develop suddenly in patients who have no history either of a diseased heart or of other systemic disease. Recognition of different types of abnormalities of the heart and a knowledge of how to handle them may prevent the occurrence of fatal arrhythmias.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000503:physiopathology; D014081:Tooth Extraction