Management of arrhythmias in heart failure. What a practicing physician should know in the current times.
2012
Arrhythmias play a significant role in the mortality and morbidity as well as hospitalizations
of patients who carry a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. With improving survival in a world
of novel medications and devices, an understanding of the pathophysiology and management
of these arrhythmias is crucial. Majority of the basic heart failure medications such as beta-
-blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/aldosterone receptor blockers and aldosterone
antagonists play a pivotal role in prevention of sudden cardiac deaths which can be
a direct/indirect result of these arrhythmias. Anti-arrhythmic drugs and implantable cardioverter-
-defibrillators were also beneficial in selected patients. Innovative electrophysiological techniques
need to be considered in special situations.
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