Tachydysrhythmias – know where your ECG machine is.

  • Tachydysrhythmias can sometimes present without palpitations being the main concern – it may be a headache (older child) or poor feeding (in an infant)
  • ECGs are easy to get in a hospital – there are machines in multiple locations and it behoves the clinician to know where to find them.
  • A pithy summary of the complication of tachycardiomyopathies is available in the Heart journal (Martin & Lambiase 2017)