Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

MelroseWakefield Hospital recently became the first institution in the state to successfully implant a leadless atrial ...

Dropsy, described in the 17th century, treated with “cure de dechloruration” (bloodletting, leeching, and lancing) and a ...

A cardiac emergency in SPECT/CT and PET/CT occurs infrequently but necessitates prompt recognition and an appropriate ...

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 ...

Very thin wires called leads connect the pacemaker to your heart. Getting a pacemaker is a relatively minor procedure. First, your doctor inserts a needle into a large vein near your shoulder ...

Kohli paced his innings perfectly and helped India chase down a target of 242 with six wickets and 45 balls to spare. The contest boiled down to whether he could get his century before India ...

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Often, heart block is treated with a pacemaker, which regulates the heart's rhythm. Such devices are rare in children. Only about 1 in 20,000 babies are born with heart block, and of those ...

Thus, the interlacing of viable and nonviable myocardium is capable of satisfying the three conditions required for initiation and maintenance of a reentrant rhythm: (1) at least two functionally ...

HCM Risk-Kids and PRIMaCY risk scores were calculated at diagnosis and during follow-up. The primary composite outcome included sustained ventricular arrhythmia, appropriate implantable cardioverter ...

First-degree ventricular (heart ... a cardiologist may recommend a pacemaker. This is a small device that a cardiologist places under the skin in the chest. It sends electrical signals to the ...