Study notes

Atrial flutter: mechanism, conduction and diagnosis

Atrial flutter management and atrial fibrillation features

Atrial fibrillation: prevalence and clinical burden

Atrial fibrillation: mechanisms, ECG findings, patterns and causes

Atrial fibrillation: predisposing factors and considerations in older people

Clinical presentation and complications of atrial fibrillation

Initial investigations for newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation

General management and drug prevention of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Catheter ablation and rhythm control in atrial fibrillation

Cardioversion timing and ventricular rate control in atrial fibrillation

Thromboembolism prevention and anticoagulant selection in atrial fibrillation

Anticoagulation thresholds and reversal agents in atrial fibrillation

CHA₂DS₂-VA scoring for stroke risk in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

HAS-BLED bleeding risk assessment and oral anticoagulation

Supraventricular tachycardia: defining features and principal types

Atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Management of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia: accessory pathways and ECG findings

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: conduction pathways and ECG patterns

Accessory pathway re-entry and ventricular ectopic beats

Management of accessory pathway tachycardia and pre-excited atrial fibrillation

Ventricular premature beats and recognition of fusion beats

Management and prognostic significance of ventricular premature beats

Ventricular tachycardia: mechanisms, diagnosis and slow post-infarction rhythms

Features favouring ventricular tachycardia

Acute treatment and prevention of ventricular tachycardia

Torsades de pointes: ECG features and long QT triggers

Management of torsades de pointes and features of Brugada syndrome

Torsades de pointes: rhythm sequence and trigger

Causes of long QT interval and torsades de pointes

Main approaches to managing cardiac arrhythmias

Classification of anti-arrhythmic drugs

Class I anti-arrhythmic drugs: actions and cautions

Anti-arrhythmic drug classification by action potential effects

Class Ia anti-arrhythmic drugs

Anti-arrhythmic drugs: uses, adult doses and adverse effects

Other anti-arrhythmic agents and cautions with disopyramide and quinidine

Class Ib anti-arrhythmic drugs: ventricular actions and administration

Principles of anti-arrhythmic drug use

Class Ic anti-arrhythmic drugs: indications, contraindications and precautions