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 the rest of the body receives. It is a ...

Ventricular tachycardia refers to a wide QRS complex heart rhythm — that is, a QRS duration beyond 120 milliseconds — originating in the ventricles at a rate of greater than 100 beats per minute.

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia occurs when the QRS axis alternates with every other beat. This is a pathognomonic rhythm during digoxin toxicity, however is relatively rare. The Brugada ...

Most people with sinus tachycardia have little to no symptoms, but some experience heart palpitations, chest pain, and dizziness. Supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia, on the other hand ...

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

Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life ... 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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

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