Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response is a fancy name for an irregular heartbeat. When your heart's electrical signals aren't working right, it can lead to a heartbeat that's too fast.

What Are Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)? If your heart feels out of rhythm or “flutters,” especially when you're anxious or stressed, it could be caused by premature ventricular ...

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rate that occurs in the lower chambers of the heart and lasts for less than 30 seconds. Tachycardia is a heart rate that is faster ...

For the first time at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a team successfully performed a total artificial heart surgery on an infant with complex congenital heart disease supported by a ...

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is an abnormal heart rhythm where the bottom chambers of your heart beat too quickly. People with severe cases may experience sudden cardiac arrest. Conditions that ...

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 ...

Placement of an external ventricular drain (EVD) allows cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to drain from the ventricles to an external collecting system. The main advantage of an EVD over a device that ...

Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so deadly in part because the heart, unlike other organs, cannot repair itself after injury. That is why tissue engineering, ultimately ...

Enlarging brain ventricles could be an indication of cognitive problems and onset of Alzheimer’s disease, say Canadian researchers. Scientists at the University of Western Ontario used magnetic ...

A 45 year-old man presented with gait difficulty and falling. He had a severe head injury ten years earlier. Communicating Hydrocephalus: (Left) Flair axial MRI; (Middle and Right) T1-weighted coronal ...

Musician Billy Joel recently canceled his concert tour, announcing he will undergo physical therapy for a condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus that is affecting his hearing, vision and ...