Dr. Dickfeld answers the question: 'Types Of Abnormal Ventricular Rhythms?' — -- Question: What are the various kinds of abnormal ventricular heart rhythms, and how do they differ from one ...

A new multicenter trial has used a new ablation technique for patients with ventricular tachycardia, an abnormally rapid heart rhythm that is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death worldwide. A first ...

SUDDEN death in persons with artificial pacemakers is a continuing and disturbing problem. Causes include pacemaker-catheter displacement, electric-component failure, broken wires and rising pacing ...

The study, published earlier this month in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, found that some endurance athletes ...

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) after palliative repair of congenital heart disease is relatively rare. Despite this rarity, VT is a known cause of early, intermediate and late morbidity and mortality in ...

Dr. Zipes answers the question: 'How Are Arrhythmias Prevented And Treated?' — -- Question: During a heart attack, how are dangerous heart rhythms (arrhythmia) prevented and/or treated? Answer: A ...

If you have ventricular tachycardia, your doctor may give you medicine to slow your heart rate down. You might also need a catheter ablation. In this procedure, a doctor threads a thin tube through an ...

Radiation therapy often is used to treat cancer patients. Now, doctors have shown that radiation therapy -- aimed directly at the heart -- can be used to treat patients with a life-threatening heart ...

Depending on how the heart’s electrical activity appears on an EKG, a doctor may diagnose coarse or fine ventricular fibrillation (VF). Coarse VF appears as larger waves on an EKG compared with the ...

A new study reveals male endurance athletes over 50 may face increased heart rhythm risks during exercise, especially those ...

[Music] cardiac arhythmia can be classified by site of origin sinus rhythms originate from the sinoatrial node or SA node atrial rhythms originate from the Atria ventricular rhythms originate from the ...