Cardiac dysrhythmias are often first detected by simple but nonspecific means: auscultation of the heartbeat with a stethoscope, or feeling for peripheral pulses. These cannot usually diagnose specific dysrhythmias, but can give a general indication of the heart rate and whether it is regular or irregular. Not all the electrical impulses of the heart produce audible or palpable beats; in many cardiac arrhythmias, the premature or abnormal beats do not produce an effective pumping action and are experienced as "skipped" beats.
Supraventricular tachycardia physical examination
Ventricular tachycardia physical examination
Atrial flutter physical examination
Ventricular fibrillation physical examination
Atrial fibrillation physical examination
Third degree AV block physical examination
First degree AV block physical examination
Premature atrial contraction physical examination