title: Cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: This article presents an overview of common cardiac arrhythmias. Interventions for severe and potentially severe arrhythmias are discussed. Tips for recording and viewing the electrocardiogram as employed in polysomnography are presented. The focus is on arrhythmias, and as such the information revolves around rhythm, rate, and blocks. The reader is referred to other sources for discussion of topics such as axis, ischemia, and infarct.
authors.affiliation: Ohio Sleep Consulting and Recording Services, Lancaster, OH 43130, USA. fatherjon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jon W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans