The cardiovascular diseases

THE PREMATURE BEATS

- Definition
- The Symptoms
- How to make the diagnosis?
- The premature beats of the auricle
- The premature beats coming from the ventricle

DEFINITION

A premature beat (or extrasystole) is defined as a heart rhythm disorder, corresponding to a premature contraction of one of the heart cavities, either the auricle, or the ventricle.

It is a relatively frequent demonstration in the population, which is often not well felt and pose to the physician the problem of its cause.

The treatment rests above all on its cause, but also on efficient and well-tolerated anti-arrhythmic medicines.

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File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011