This second podcast in the What are Palpitations? series focuses on palpitations and other symptoms that may represent heart-rhythm abnormalities. A brief outline includes:

1. Introduction


2. What is a normal heart rhythm?


3. What are abnormal heart rhythms?


4. What are palpitations?


5. Other symptoms that may represent heart-rhythm abnormalities


6. Know your ejection fraction


7. What are ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia?


8. Is there a difference between atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation?


9. Congestive heart failure and risk of arrhythmia

Please check back with the Heart Rhythm Center for future podcasts to include:

• How Are Heart-Rhythm Abnormalities Diagnosed?


• Work-up and Evaluation of Heart-Rhythm Disorders (Meeting the Heart-Rhythm Physician)


• What Are the Common Supraventricular (Top-Chamber) Tachycardias?


• What Is Atrial Fibrillation?


• What Are the Common Ventricular (Bottom-Chamber) Tachycardias?


• Treatment Options for Arrhythmias


• The Electrophysiology Study and Ablation Procedure


• Possible Complications of Electrophysiology Studies and Ablations


• Postoperative Care after an EP Study (and possible ablation)


• Psychosocial Impact of Arrhythmias