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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A percentage of patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia who underwent radiofrequency catheter ...

A single noninvasive radiation therapy treatment safely reduced the burden of ventricular tachycardia, with effects persisting for 2 years in most patients, according to data from the ENCORE-VT trial ...

THE diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia without retrograde activation of the atrium is dependent upon the location of regular atrial activity that is independent of the faster ventricular rate. The ...

This ECG (Figure 1), recorded in the emergency room, shows a wide complex tachycardia at 205 bpm. Wide complex tachycardias are more likely to be ventricular tachycardia (VT) than supraventricular ...

Background: A previously fit and healthy 30-year-old man reported experiencing palpitations accompanied by nausea, sweating and presyncope. These symptoms were found to be associated with episodes of ...

A 65-year-old man treated for ventricular tachycardia storm after repeat bypass surgery, requiring extensive defibrillator shocks for recovery.

In patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy, an implanted cardioverter–defibrillator, and recurrent ventricular tachycardia despite the use of antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter ablation is more effective ...

A common drug used to treat chest pain, known as ranolazine and branded as Ranexa®, was found to be safe in a clinical study of more than 1,000 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators ...

High-level endurance athletes with ventricular tachycardia (VT) may have unique scarring in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) that acts as a substrate for the arrhythmia, a new study shows.

Ventricular tachycardia arises from an abnormal electrical focus or circuit in the myocardium of the ventricle and is usually manifested as a tachyarrhythmia with a wide QRS complex on ...

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