- Preface
- Contributors
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Classes of recommendations and levels of evidence
- Amendments and Updates
- Chapter 1.1 Hypertension
- Chapter 1.2 Dyslipidaemia
- Chapter 1.3 Metabolic syndrome and diabetes
- Chapter 1.4 Thrombosis
- Chapter 2.1 Acute coronary syndrome: STEMI and NSTEMI
- Chapter 2.2 Chronic stable angina
- Chapter 2.3 Coronary artery spasm and microvascular angina
- Chapter 2.4 Takotsubo syndrome
- Chapter 3.1 Heart failure
- Chapter 3.2 Heart transplantation
- Chapter 4.1 Atrial fibrillation
- Chapter 4.2 Supraventricular (narrow complex) tachycardias
- Chapter 4.3 Ventricular arrhythmias
- Chapter 4.4 Bradyarrhythmias
- Chapter 4.5 Syncope
- Chapter 5.1 Valvular heart disease
- Chapter 5.2 Myocarditis and pericardial syndromes
- Chapter 5.3 Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 5.4 Pulmonary hypertension
- Chapter 6.1 Kidney disease
- Chapter 6.2 Pregnancy and lactation
- Chapter 6.3 Liver disease
- Chapter 7.1 Major drug interactions
- Chapter 8.1 Cardiovascular drugs—from A to Z
- Chapter 9.1 Non-cardiac drugs affecting the heart—from A to Z
- Index
(p. 241) Bradyarrhythmias
- Chapter:
- (p. 241) Bradyarrhythmias
- Author(s):
Haran Burri
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198759935.003.0014_update_001
Update:
Cardiac pacemakers section updated
A number of references added to Further reading
This chapter overviews the types of bradycardia and their acute management, including the use of rate-accelerating drugs, and overviews the indications for pacemaker therapy. Focus is on pharmacotherapy with atropine, adrenaline, isoprenaline, isoproterenol, dobutamine, dopamine, theophylline, and aminophylline.
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- Preface
- Contributors
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Classes of recommendations and levels of evidence
- Amendments and Updates
- Chapter 1.1 Hypertension
- Chapter 1.2 Dyslipidaemia
- Chapter 1.3 Metabolic syndrome and diabetes
- Chapter 1.4 Thrombosis
- Chapter 2.1 Acute coronary syndrome: STEMI and NSTEMI
- Chapter 2.2 Chronic stable angina
- Chapter 2.3 Coronary artery spasm and microvascular angina
- Chapter 2.4 Takotsubo syndrome
- Chapter 3.1 Heart failure
- Chapter 3.2 Heart transplantation
- Chapter 4.1 Atrial fibrillation
- Chapter 4.2 Supraventricular (narrow complex) tachycardias
- Chapter 4.3 Ventricular arrhythmias
- Chapter 4.4 Bradyarrhythmias
- Chapter 4.5 Syncope
- Chapter 5.1 Valvular heart disease
- Chapter 5.2 Myocarditis and pericardial syndromes
- Chapter 5.3 Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 5.4 Pulmonary hypertension
- Chapter 6.1 Kidney disease
- Chapter 6.2 Pregnancy and lactation
- Chapter 6.3 Liver disease
- Chapter 7.1 Major drug interactions
- Chapter 8.1 Cardiovascular drugs—from A to Z
- Chapter 9.1 Non-cardiac drugs affecting the heart—from A to Z
- Index