RESEARCH ARTICLE | DOI: https://doi.org/PP-CCRC-RA-0001
1. Department of Cardiology, Northfield Medical College, USA
2. Department of Biomedical Research, Global Heart Institute, Mexico
3 .Department of Internal Medicine, New Delhi Heart Centre, India
4. Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
*Corresponding Author: Alicia M. Verma, Department of Cardiology, Northfield Medical College, USA.
Citation: Alicia M. Verma, Samuel J. Ruiz, Pooja S. Nair, Tomasz Nowicki (2025), Epidemiological and Clinical Insights into Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 500 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital. J. Clinical Chronicles and Research in Cardiology 1(1): dx.doi.org/CRC/PP.0001
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© 2025 Alicia M. Verma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Received: 02 June 2025 | Accepted: 11 June 2025 | Published: 16 July 2025
Keywords: Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Tachycardia; Bradycardia; Holter monitoring; Cardiac electrophysiology; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Risk factors
Background: Cardiac arrhythmias represent a broad spectrum of disorders affecting the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat, potentially leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Despite advancements in detection and management, arrhythmias remain underdiagnosed, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Objective: To analyze the prevalence, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and treatment patterns of arrhythmias in a cohort of adult patients presenting to a tertiary care center.
Methods:Ahospital-based crosectional study was conducted involving500 adult patientsdiagnosed with arrhythmia between January 2022 and December 2023. Clinical evaluations, ECGs, Holter monitoring, and echocardiography were performed. Data were analyzed for demographics, arrhythmia type, risk factors, and therapeutic interventions.
Results: Atrial fibrillation was the most common arrhythmia (38%), followed by premature ventricular contractions (22%) and supraventricular tachycardia (15%). Hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes mellitus were the most prevalent comorbidities. Antiarrhythmic drug use was documented in 72% of patients, and 18% required invasive procedures such as catheter ablation or ICD implantation.
Conclusion: This study highlights the substantial burdenand heterogeneity of arrhythmias in clinical practice. Early identification, risk factor control, and individualized treatment are crucial in optimizing patient outcomes.
