title: Emergency treatment of tachyarrhythmias.
abstract: The diagnosis, clinical aspects, and emergency treatment of the most common cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial flutter and fibrillation, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, and torsades de pointes, are discussed. The use of the antiarrhythmic drugs most frequently utilized in clinical practice is described.
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000628:therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000628:therapy; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents