BACKGROUND: Penetrance and risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are increasingly recognized as being genotype specific. Therefore, ...

But it’s critical for new moms to keep an eye out for signs of postpartum complications because in rare cases, a serious form of heart disease known as peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) can develop ...

A smartwatch detected abnormal ECG changes in a 76-year-old woman experiencing chest pain following emotional stress.

At present, we consider that the only clear-cut treatment for TTC is continuous ECG monitoring for the first 24–48 h due to the risk of tachyarrhythmias, [20,22] and anticoagulation for at least ...

59 60 T-wave inversion ⩾2 mm in ⩾2 adjacent leads is rarely observed on the ECG of healthy athletes, whereas it is a common finding in patients with cardiomyopathy. Inverted T waves may represent the ...

With heart rate monitors now standard in smartwatches and fitness trackers, electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG) have rapidly become a common feature in health wearables. The technology is designed to ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common yet under-recognized genetic structural heart condition characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy. Patients may present with obstructive disease ...

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited cardiac condition ... Cardiac investigations aimed at monitoring the effects of exercise on the phenotype from a structural and electrical ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a heterogeneous disorder that is familial in approximately 30% of cases. Although several genes have been identified that can cause familial DCM, molecular analyses ...

Stress cardiomyopathy is the result of the direct effects of high levels of epinephrine on the ventricular myocardium High levels of epinephrine are negatively inotropic; they switch β2 ...