"The main message is that combination ACE-inhibitor/beta-blocker treatment in these high-risk patients has a lot to offer," lead author on the analysis, Dr John ...

TRANSIENT arrhythmias are frequently encountered during catheterization of the right side of the heart. 1 They occur most frequently during manipulation of the catheter in the atrium as isolated ...

Cardiac arrhythmias following myocardial infarction (MI) predict poor outcome. β-blockers are effective ventricular antiarrhythmics and angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can prevent both ...

A 67-year-old man with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction had recurrent ventricular fibrillation that required insertion of temporary pacemaker. When a permanent pacemaker was inserted stable ...

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 (ACLS) ...

Ventricular tachycardia is a type of arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm. Sometimes called VT or V-tach, it’s an unusually fast heartbeat that starts in the lower part of your heart called the ...