A colleague recently asked me how I would approach an asymptomatic young patient with thousands of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). She said, "I used to think I knew how to treat PVCs, but ...
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 ...
Dr. Richard Page answers the question: 'Something Wrong With My Defibrillator?' — -- Question: My defibrillator kept firing several times in a stretch. Is there something wrong with it? Answer ...
The woman presented to the emergency department immediately after one such episode, reported Mazen M. Kawji, MD, of OSF Cardiovascular Institute in Peoria, Illinois. Importantly, these spells occurred ...
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 ...
A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a noninvasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...
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