Cardiac arrhythmia: current therapy.
Rhythm disturbances can range from the harmless to the life-threatening, and treatment varies accordingly, from watchful waiting to emergency intervention. Traditional antiarrhythmic medications have largely been supplanted by newer agents; pharmacologic therapy is giving way to device-based treatment, including pacemakers, defibrillators, and catheter ablation.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
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