SUDDEN death in persons with artificial pacemakers is a continuing and disturbing problem. Causes include pacemaker-catheter displacement, electric-component failure, broken wires and rising pacing ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The Heart Rhythm Society issued the first U.S. guidelines to address use of conductive system pacing with the intent to prevent or mitigate heart failure. Conduction system pacing, ...

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 ...

Anyone who has learned to read ECGs has heard it before: "You can't diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on an ECG in the presence of a pacemaker." We have actually heard the same dictum ...

The cardiac pacemaker harmlessly dissolves over the course of 35 days. (Courtesy: Northwestern University) Temporary cardiac pacemakers provide essential pacing for patients with short-term heart ...

ICDs detect tachycardias imperfectly: An ICD-detected tachycardia may represent either a tachyarrhythmia (SVT or VT) or oversensing of nonarrhythmic electrical signals. ICDs also classify tachycardias ...

In 2022, the field of heart rhythms saw new research into innovative pacing technologies, a long-awaited guideline update, and new drug therapy options emerging for patients with arrhythmias.

Current ABVP technology involves implanting a pacemaker with three leads—a fairly crude solution for a complex problem. The right atrial and ventricular leads are usually placed as for a conventional ...

AMSTERDAM -- A cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) upgrade produced solid clinical benefit for patients with pacing-induced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), the small BUDAPEST ...