title: Arrhythmias in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias are commonly associated with chronic obstructive lung disease and these arrhythmias can impair arterial blood oxygenation. The etiology of the arrhythmias is multifactorial. The treatment of the arrhythmias is largely the treatment of the deranged physiology and the underlying pulmonary disease. The association of arrhythmias with chronic obstructive lung disease portends a poor prognosis.
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D004070:Digitalis; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents