BACKGROUND: Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias, one of the most rapidly growing procedures in cardiac ...
A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed a surprising finding.
Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is when the lower chamber of the heart ...
The inactive N-terminal fragment of pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been linked to ventricular dysfunction in the general population, and is predictive of cardiac events. Corteville ...
They found significant changes around the third ventricle in the hypothalamus, which is the brain’s master control center that regulates essential functions like hunger, body temperature ...
A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...
For patients undergoing left ventricular catheter ablation, the occurrence of acute brain lesions is lower with a transseptal ...
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 ...