Cardiac rhythm management
- Cardiac rhythm management
Cardiac rhythm management is a field of treatment in cardiology. The purpose is managing cardiac rhythm disorders. Usually it involves artificial pacemakers and/or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy as well as antiarrhythmia drugs.
ee also
*Cardiac electrophysiology
References
* "The Controversy over Guidant's Implantable Defibrillators" Robert Steinbrook. "The New England Journal of Medicine." Boston: Jul 21, 2005.Vol.353, Iss. 3; pg. 221
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