Docherty Brendan, Douglas Martina
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London.
Prof Nurse. 2003 Mar;18(7):395-8.
The second of three papers on interpreting ECGs will examine atrial arrhythmias. These are abnormalities of the heart that occur in one of the two upper chambers, the left or right atrium. The patient may present with atrial ectopics, fibrillation, flutter or tachycardia. This paper will look at the signs, symptoms and management of patients with this arrhythmia.
