title: Cardiac care: 3. ECG interpretation--ventricular arrhythmias.
abstract: In the third and final paper in this series on the interpretation of electrocardiograms we look at ventricular and atrioventricular arrhythmias. This paper complements and builds upon cardiac rhythm recognition discussed in the two previous papers and presents some of the more life-threatening arrhythmias that nurses may come across in ward environments.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing