A COMMON heart rhythm issue increases the risk of developing dementia, scientists have warned. Atrial fibrillation (sometimes called afib or AF) is a type of heart rhythm problem where the heart ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released a groundbreaking consensus statement on conduction system pacing (CSP), ...

This ectopic focus becomes the predominant pacemaker of the heart. When the atrial rate is greater than 100 beats per minute, the rhythm is atrial tachycardia. If less than 100 beats per minute ...

After 0.20 second no untoward rhythms were generated, and the heart would be driven by the artificial pacemaker. Figure 2 Location of Each "Competing" Pacemaker Impulse. The vertical lines ...

Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division, Sylmar, CA). It was designed to provide a high percentage of atrial-paced beats while allowing for the normal diurnal variation in the heart rate.

The sinus node is the heart's "natural pacemaker" that starts the hearbeat. But when the sinus node fails, there are backup pacemakers in the AV node (responsible for junctional rhythm ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A modified pacemaker, about one-quarter the size of standard devices, has been shown to safely stabilize heart rhythms in newborns for up to 2.2 years. This ...

St. David's in Austin is the first in country to use new dual catheter to fix heart flutter and AFib at the same time.