What Are the Types of Arrhythmias?
An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat, and it can be caused by a variety of processes and problems with the heart, for example, heart disease, injury from a heart attack, or healing after heart surgery. Even people with healthy hearts can have irregular heart rhythms. There are a variety of types of arrhythmias (abnormal heart beat), for example:
- Premature ventricular contractions or PVCs
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Certain types of tachycardias
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Long QT syndrome
- Bradyarrhythmias
- Heart block