With the advancements of molecular genetics and the identification of mutations in the genes encoding the cardiac ryanodine receptor and cardiac calsequestrin 2 in patients with CPVT, the central role ...

When the impulses are properly synchronized, you have a normal heartbeat. Ventricular tachycardia occurs when the delivery of impulses is out of sync, causing the lower chambers to beat too fast. This ...

Ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart beat (with three or more consecutive heart beats at least 100 beats per minute) that originates from one of the ventricles in the heart.

Ablation sites (maroon circular tags) abolished ventricular tachycardia in this patient.

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

Experts have new advice for athletes with heart conditions — and on how doctors and patients should work together to weigh ...

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