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 ...

Dr. Douglas Zipes answers the question: 'Types Of Abnormal Heart Rhythms?' — -- Question: What are the different types of abnormal heart rhythms? Answer :The heart has upper chambers -- the ...

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 ...

An important and unresolved issue is optimal application of ATP in different ICD patient populations. In general, secondary prevention patients have a greater frequency of spontaneous ventricular ...

Magnesium plays a vital role in maintaining a steady heart rhythm by regulating electrolyte movement within heart tissues; deficiencies can increase the risk of arrhythmias. While not a primary ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study offers more evidence that the rapid heartbeat seen in many hard-training athletes is typically a benign side effect of physical conditioning. Elite athletes ...

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 heart arrhythmia is when your heart beats too fast, too slow, or out of sync. Some arrhythmias can be genetic. A genetic arrhythmia happens when one or both of your parents pass down a gene change ...

Breathing in tiny particles of air pollution may trigger irregular heart rhythms in otherwise healthy teenagers and increase their risk of sudden cardiac death, a new study has found. The study, ...