TRANSIENT arrhythmias are frequently encountered during catheterization of the right side of the heart. 1 They occur most frequently during manipulation of the catheter in the atrium as isolated ...

Oct. 9, 2002 — Defibrillation in unwitnessed cardiac arrest may be harmful, based on the results of an animal study presented on Oct. 8 at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An entirely subcutaneous defibrillator was able to successfully convert 100% of the episodes of ...

Registry data suggest that one third of the patients who would benefit most are not receiving timely defibrillation. In the U.S., in-hospital cardiac arrest occurs about twice as often as ...

The His–Purkinje system constitutes a tiny fraction of the ventricular mass, but is specialized for rapid synchronous activation of both ventricles The pathogenic role of the Purkinje system is ...

To determine the postshock activation patterns with both successful and failed shocks in a canine model of ventricular fibrillation, and whether piniacidil, an early after-depolarization (EAD) ...

Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 people have a cardiac defibrillator implanted in their chest to deliver a high-voltage shock to prevent sudden cardiac death from a life-threatening ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

The first-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD system offers a single-device, single procedure with a lead placed outside of the heart and veins. The FDA has approved the Aurora Extravascular Implantable ...

Pulseless ventricular tachycardia occurs when an abnormally rapid heart rate originating in the heart’s lower chambers makes a pulse undetectable. Emergency cardiac defibrillation is usually necessary ...