Arrhythmia vs. dysrhythmia You may see or hear these two terms used interchangeably when people write and talk about the condition, but there's no difference between them. Both terms mean the same ...

For the roughly 6 million Americans living with atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation has become an increasingly common treatment, but the procedure still typically keeps patients sedated on a table ...

There is an indisputable trend toward minimally invasive, outpatient procedures in healthcare. Outpatient procedures help to alleviate burdens on the healthcare system, save patients time, money, and ...

When an artery becomes blocked in a heart attack, the process of restoring healthy blood flow to the heart is called reperfusion. It usually involves a combination of medications to break down a blood ...

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine built a virtual replica of a patient’s heart, ran electrical simulations through it, and used the results to guide a real ablation procedure for ventricular ...

Variants in a gene that plays a key role in heart function can cause potentially life-threatening arrhythmia syndromes known as calmodulinopathy. Calmodulinopathy is rare and causes arrhythmias that ...

An arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. Your heart may beat too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular rhythm. It is normal for your heart ...

Millions of people around the world live with cardiac arrhythmias. Only in Spain, it is estimated that more than one million citizens suffer from them. Detecting and treating them accurately continues ...

The ventricular arrhythmia program at University of Utah Health offers advanced treatment approaches for patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Our electrophysiology team collaborates closely with our ...