Individual case reports 4,5 have documented the onset of ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, or both, at the moment of inscription of the pacemaker impulse. To avoid the vulnerable period of ...

Ventricular fibrillation is often a fatal arrhythmia. It occurs when the ventricular rate exceeds 400. In this setting, virtually no forward cardiac output occurs. Advanced Cardiac Life Support ...

VPDs with very short coupling intervals developing during an acute stage of myocardial infarction would predict the development of early cycled reentry, potentially culminating in VF, and requires ...

Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...

AtaCor Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical device company focused on transforming cardiac rhythm management, announced ...

This paradoxical increase in ventricular heart rates may lead to ventricular fibrillation (ventricular rates of 400 to 600 bpm) and death. Procainamide or urgent electrical cardioversion is ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure ... options for prevention of AF in patients with ventricular dysfunction. In conclusion, AF is associated with increased mortality in CHF ...

Data show people with pulmonary arterial hypertension tend to stay in the hospital longer and have higher medical bills.

that originates from one of the ventricles in the heart. The condition can lead to ventricular fibrillation and, therefore, sudden cardiac death.