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Heart Diseases: Angina | Arrhythmia | Congenital Heart Disease | Coronary Artery Disease | Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction) | Heart Failure | Heart Inflammation & Infection | Heart Muscle Disease (Cardiomyopathy) | Heart Valve Diseases | Other Heart Disorders

Vascular Diseases: Aneurysms | Aortic Disease | Functional Arterial Disease | Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) | Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure) | Inflammatory Vascular Disease (Vasculitis) | Occlusive Arterial Disease | Stroke | Vascular Lesions | Venous Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Treatment: Complementary & Alternative Therapy | Medication | Rehabilitation | Surgery | Heart Transplantation

Other Topics: General Cardiovascular | Heart Disease in Women | Anatomy | Cholesterol | Diagnostic Procedures | Homocysteine

Arrhythmia

(Jump to: General Information | Arrhythmia Treatments | Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter | Brugada Syndrome | Heart Block | Long QT Syndrome | Palpitations | Short QT Syndrome | Sick Sinus Syndrome | Timothy Syndrome | Ventricular Tachycardia | Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome | Other Arrhythmias )

General Information
Arrhythmia: NHLBI
Arrhythmia: Texas Heart Institute
Arrhythmia: A Patient Guide:MyHeartCentral.com
Arrhythmias:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Categories of Arrhythmias:Texas Heart Institute
Arrhythmias Originating in the Atria: American Heart Association
Arrhythmias Originating in the Ventricles:American Heart Association
Substances That Can Cause Heart Rhythm Disorders:Heart Rhythm Society
Find a Heart Rhythm Specialist:Heart Rhythm Society
Arrhythmia: MedlinePlus

Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
Atrial Fibrillation:American Heart Association
Atrial Fibrillation:NHLBI
Atrial Fibrillation:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Atrial Fibrillation:UpToDate Patient Information
Patient's Guide to Living With Atrial Fibrillation:American Heart Association [PDF]
Atrial Fibrillation & Flutter:Heart Rhythm Society
Atrial Flutter:American Heart Association [PDF]
Familial Atrial Fibrillation:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

Brugada Syndrome
The Brugada Syndrome:Ramon Brugada Senior Foundation
Brugada Syndrome:GeneReviews

Heart Block
Heart Block:NHLBI
Heart Block:Heart Rhythm Society
Bundle Branch Block:Texas Heart Institute

Long QT Syndrome
Long Q-T Syndrome:Texas Heart Institute
Long QT Syndrome:NHLBI
FAQ (about Long QT Syndrome):QTsyndrome.ch
About Long QT Syndrome:Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation
Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome: Importance of the Long QT Syndrome:American Academy of Family Physicians
Romano-Ward Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
Romano-Ward Syndrome (Long QT Syndrome):GeneReviews

Palpitations
Heart Palpitations:American Academy of Family Physicians
Palpitations:MedicineNet
Diagnostic Approach to Palpitations:American Academy of Family Physicians

Short QT Syndrome
What is Short QT?:Short QT Syndrome
Short QT Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sick Sinus Syndrome:Texas Heart Institute
Sick Sinus Syndrome:Heart Rhythm Society

Timothy Syndrome
Researchers Pinpoint Cause of a Severe Cardiac Arrhythmia:Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Timothy Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference
Timothy Syndrome:GeneReviews

Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Ventricular Tachycardia:American Heart Association
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT):Canadian SADS Foundation
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia:GeneReviews

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome:American Heart Association
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome:UpToDate Patient Information
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

Other Arrhythmias
AV Nodal Re-entrant Tachycardia:Advocate Health Care
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome:NINDS
Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC):UpToDate Patient Information

Arrhythmia Treatments
General Information
Treatments:Heart Rhythm Society
How Are Arrhythmias Treated?:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: Why Women are Different from Men:Women's Heart Foundation
Medications
Antiarrhythmics:Texas Heart Institute
Antiarrhythmics: Medications to Treat or Prevent Abnormal Heart Rhythms:Heart Rhythm Society
Heart Rhythm Drugs:HeartHealthyWomen
Ablation
Catheter Ablation:NHLBI
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation:UpToDate Patient Information
Ablation with Freezing Energy for Atrial Fibrillation:Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Videos of Ablation Procedures:MedlinePlus [Video]
Cardioversion
Cardioversion:Heart Rhythm Society
Cardioversion:UpToDate Patient Information
Maze Procedure
What is the Cox-Maze Procedure?:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery - MAZE Procedure:Society of Thoracic Surgeon
Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
General Information
Pacemakers and ICDs: A Patient Guide:MyHeartCentral.com
Pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Insertion:Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators:MedlinePlus
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator:NHLBI
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators:UpToDate Patient Information
Common Questions About ICDs:Heart Rhythm Society
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD):FDA
How to Respond to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shock:American Heart Association
Videos of Defibrillator Implantation Procedures:MedlinePlus [Video]
Pacemakers
Pacemaker:NHLBI
Pacemakers:UpToDate Patient Information
Cardiac Pacemaker (implanted):FDA
Indications and Recommendations for Pacemaker Therapy:American Academy of Family Physicians

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