Abstract：Objective To investigate the characteristics and causes of arrhythmia in the elderly, and to provide reference for preventing, diagnosing and treating the disease at an early phase. Methods This paper takes 260 elderly arrhythmia patients as research objects, who underwent ECG examination in our hospital. The relationship between each type of arrhythmia and sex, underlying diseases, etc. was observed respectively. Results Among the 260 cases, the incidence of each type of arrhythmia was independent of sex(P>0.05). In each type of arrhythmia, atrial arrhythmia had the highest incidence rate(93 cases, accounting for 35.8%), followed by ventricular arrhythmia(56 cases, accounting for 21.5%). The most common complication of arrhythmia was coronary disease(129 cases, accounting for 49.6%), followed by chronic pulmonary heart disease(61 cases, accounting for 23.5%). There was a correlation between atrial arrhythmia with the highest incidence and coronary heart disease(P<0.05). Conclusion Atrial arrhythmia signals heart diseases in elderly patients. Improving myocardial blood supply and preventing the occurrence of complications are important measures to prevent and control arrhythmia in the elderly.
2016, Vol. 25 
