title: RETRACTED: Ventricular Ectopic Beats: An Overview of Management Considerations
abstract: Ventricular ectopic beats are commonly seen in daily clinical practice. Majority of them being asymptomatic, some can cause symptoms. In a normal heart, their occurrence is of no clinical significance. However, in the presence of an underlying heart disease, they signify a susceptibility toward more sinister arrhythmias. In some patients, they are triggered by the same mechanism as ventricular tachycardia and these can be cured by catheter ablation. Recent reports on the use of catheter ablation in cases where focal ventricular ectopics are found to trigger ventricular fibrillation. Clinical evaluation and investigations are important in assessing patients with ventricular ectopic beats so that appropriate treatment can be targeted when necessary. This article discusses the current knowledge and practice in this commonly encountered clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. Electronic address: physician79@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.affiliation: MGMs Medical College and Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Apeksha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingole
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri; Cardiology Section, Harry S Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chockalingam
mesh_terms: D002110:Caffeine / Q000009:adverse effects; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015444:Exercise; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine