An idioventricular rhythm is very similar to ventricular tachycardia except the ventricular rate is less than 60 beats per minute. All other characteristics of VT apply; this includes the presence of ...

A junctional rhythm occurs when the electrical activation of the heart originates near or within the atrioventricular node, rather than from the sinoatrial node. Because the normal ventricular ...

Dr. Kathleen Maginot answers the question: 'Abnormal Heart Rhythms in Children?' — -- Question: What types of abnormal heart rhythms are more common in children? Answer :There are many ...

A 65-year-old man receives a right coronary artery stent after a NSTEMI. What does his postsurgery ECG look like?

New research examined a large-scale national registry of cardiac arrest cases to measure the effects of advanced airway management (AAM) on one-month outcomes after patients survived. The deep ...

Narrow-complex tachyarrhythmias are rapid heart rhythms originating in the upper heart chambers, characterized by a QRS duration of less than 120 milliseconds on an EKG. These arrhythmias can be ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given Fitbit the green light to monitor users' heart rhythms in the background. A new photoplethysmography (PPG) algorithm can passively check a user's heart ...