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 ...

An arrhythmia is an atypical heartbeat that is either much faster or slower than expected. Your heartbeat may be described as chaotic, rather than steady and predictable. There are several types of ...

A recent randomized trial in Czechia tested the premise that lifestyle modification and use of antiarrhythmic drugs was as effective as catheter ablation (CA) to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel SK ion channel inhibitor more often converted atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm compared with placebo.

A heart arrhythmia is when your heart beats too fast, too slow, or out of sync. Some arrhythmias can be genetic. A genetic arrhythmia happens when one or both of your parents pass down a gene change ...

Having an accelerated junctional rhythm occurs when the atrioventricular node in your heart beats too quickly. It happens as a result of damage to your heart’s primary natural pacemaker. There’s no ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with symptomatic AF who followed a 6-month exercise intervention that combined supervised exercise and ...

THE time-honored drug armamentarium for cardiac arrhythmias of digitalis, quinidine and procainamide has proved successful in most clinical circumstances. Toxicity to each of these agents, however, ...