Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is when the lower chamber of the heart beats too fast to pump efficiently, reducing the amount of oxygenated blood ...

Thousands of Canadians are saved each year by a device inserted in the body that zaps the heart back on track when it’s ...

Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...

Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life ... Ablation sites (maroon circular tags) abolished ventricular tachycardia in this patient.

A study has found that in patients with ischemic heart disease receiving ventricular tachycardia ablation there is higher risk of mortality.

2 The mechanisms linking the athlete’s heart to arrhythmias, which range from structural to electrical remodelling ... CV, cardiovascular; EST, exercise stress testing; LBBB, left bundle branch block; ...

BACKGROUND: Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias, one of the most rapidly growing procedures in cardiac ...

HOUSTON — The doctors say Sammy Berko shouldn't be here. Just years after losing his 10-year-old brother Frankie to sudden cardiac arrest, Sammy's own heart stopped. His parents, Craig and Jennifer ...