Not all defibrillator pad positions may work equally well for patients with shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (JAMA Network Open) Medical therapy for aortic stenosis? Early clinical data on ...

For ventricular tachycardia (VT), catheter ablation is often seen as an option of last resort, however, some are questioning whether there has been too much emphasis on antiarrhythmic medication. In ...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular ...

Six-month outcomes from the Ventricular Catheter Ablation Study, the first-in-human evaluation of its FieldForce Ablation System for ventricular tachycardia (VT), have been published in Circulation.

The procedure used to treat arrhythmias typically allows for a short recovery time, but precautions are necessary to preserve healthy heart function. Heart ablation creates little scars on heart ...

Cardiac ablation is a procedure that can help correct arrhythmia, which is a problem with the rhythm of a person’s heartbeat. The procedure eliminates or scars the tissue in the heart that causes ...

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 ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

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