Cardiac arrhythmia: Taking a medical history
In clinical practice, the first step in diagnosing a patient with suspected arrhythmia is history taking.
The physician obtains the following pieces of information to help determine a diagnosis and guide further diagnostic testing:
- nature and mode of onset of symptoms and precipitating factors such as exercise and stress
- mode of termination of symptoms, frequency, duration, and severity of symptoms
- medication and dietary history
- presence of systemic illnesses and known heart disease
- family history of arrhythmia
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