A 18-year-old man presented to the emergency department with palpitations and fatigue. Twelve months earlier he had been submitted to an electrophysiological study and radiofrequency ablation for ...

The ventricles share a common septum and, therefore, the filling of one influences the compliance of the other. This phenomenon is known as direct diastolic ventricular interaction. The interaction is ...

Ectopic heartbeats are extra heartbeats that occur just before a regular beat. Ectopic beats are normal and usually not a cause for concern, though they can make people feel anxious. Ectopic beats are ...

The diverse causes of right-sided heart failure (RHF) include, among others, primary cardiomyopathies with right ventricular (RV) involvement, RV ischemia and infarction, volume loading caused by ...

High blood pressure is a common cause of left ventricular hypertrophy. LVH can often be reduced or reversed by treating the underlying cause. "Athlete's heart" is a harmless form of LVH caused by ...

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Correspondence to Dr Sarah Hudson, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK; sarahhudsonuk{at}gmail.com Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

V-tach and VFib are dangerous heart rhythms that can cause cardiac arrest. V-tach may cause dizziness, chest pain, and fainting. VFib leads to sudden cardiac arrest and is always life-threatening.

When pulsed field ablation (PFA) achieved European CE mark approval in January 2021 and U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2023, it opened up the proverbial Pandora's Box ...