TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias A1 - Ciccone, Charles D. A1 - Bednarek, Melissa L. A1 - Miller, Kenneth L. PY - 2022 T2 - Pharmacology in Rehabilitation, 5e AB - An arrhythmia can be broadly defined as any significant deviation from normal cardiac rhythm.1 Various problems in the origination and conduction of electrical activity in the heart can lead to distinct types of arrhythmias. If untreated, disturbances in normal cardiac rhythm result in impaired cardiac pumping ability, and certain arrhythmias are associated with cerebrovascular accidents, cardiac failure, and other sequelae that can be fatal.2,3 Fortunately, a variety of drugs are available to help establish and maintain normal cardiac rhythm. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1188529566 ER -