Cardiac arrest, a sudden cessation of heart function, demands immediate intervention to prevent death. Survival rates, ...

Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of heart disease-related death, but deaths from heart disease have still been responsible for more U.S. fatalities than any other cause, a new American ...

Ablation Therapy of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Elderly Persons Leonard S. Dreifus, MD; Scott J. Pollak, MD Disclosures Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2005;14 (1):20-25.

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of whether dyspnea has a cardiac cause is essential. Guidelines from 2016 were reported to result in a high incidence of indeterminate left ventricular (LV) filling pressure. We ...

To be distinguished from aneurysm of an aortic sinus (Valsalva) is the rare condition in which an abnormal channel begins in the ascending aorta (above the right coronary artery), bypasses the aortic ...

Pathogenesis of LV thrombus The combination of blood stasis, endothelial injury and hypercoagulability, often referred to as Virchow's triad, is a prerequisite for in vivo thrombus formation. In the ...