title: Postoperative arrhythmias and conduction disorders.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias are common in the perioperative period. Most arrhythmias are clinically benign. Occasionally, cardiac arrhythmias and conduction disturbances can pose a major additional risk to the patient in the perioperative and postoperative periods. The current availability of a wide array of techniques for controlling serious arrhythmias--pharmacologic, electrical, and interventional--enable the physician to manage most arrhythmias and conduction disturbances successfully. The added risks posed by arrhythmias and conduction disturbances in the perioperative period now can be minimized.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Weitz
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000188:drug therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000188:drug therapy; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000638:Amiodarone