Delayed cases of total atrioventricular block (AVB) or complete heart block can occur more than 2 days after TAVI, two new studies affirm, highlighting the utility of extended ECG monitoring after ...

Researchers at the Yale Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model for clinical diagnosis that can use electrocardiogram (ECG) images, ...

Electrocardiogram (ECG) measures taken after the first pig-to-human heart transplant found significantly different electrical conduction characteristics compared to those seen in native pig hearts ...

In an era where hospitals are discharging patients earlier and earlier after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, researchers are warning physicians to be cautious about the development of late ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Treatment with the ACE inhibitor lisinopril may lower the development of conduction-system disease in patients with hypertension and at least one cardiac risk factor, new research ...

Part 1 looked at the purpose of the test, cardiac electrophysiology and the practicalities of doing an ECG, while part 2 looked at interpretation, with a particular focus on cardiac ischaemia. In this ...

You are reviewing an ECG you arranged for a 56-year-old man with newly diagnosed hypertension. The trace is normal but the computerised report notes ‘first-degree heart block’. Looking at the ...

2:1 atrioventricular block is a form of second-degree AV nodal block and occurs when every other P wave is not conducted through the AV node to get to the ventricles, and thus every other P wave is ...

This is a narrow complex tachycardia with a rate of 124 beats/min. The QRS morphology and axis are normal. The QTc is prolonged, at 529 ms (normal, 390-450 ms for men). The underlying P waves appear ...

A 68-year-old male with morbid obesity and no past medical history comes to the office complaining of fatigue and shortness of breath. He does not feel dizzy and has never passed out. He takes no ...

If you ever feel your heart is not beating right, or if you have chest pain, the first person you should see is a <a href= ...

Implementing large-scale ECG screening before high school sport participation could detect heart abnormalities that carry the risk of sudden cardiac death if left unchecked, a researcher reported.