Dr. Steve Hammill answers the question: 'Pacemaker for Sinus Bradycardia?' — -- Question: What is sinus bradycardia, and should I receive a pacemaker for this condition? Answer :So, with sinus ...

August 1, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta) — A joint consensus statement issued by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) recommends that patients with ...

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 ...

Pacemaker syndrome arises only in patients receiving ventricular-based (VVIR) pacing. The loss of atrioventricular synchronization presents a wide range of symptoms, but due to a lack of definite ...

Study results published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology show that an investigational set of algorithms in Medtronic's Micra transcatheter ...

The incidence of atrial fibrillation approximately doubles with each decade of adult life and ranges from 2 or 3 new cases per 1000 population per year between the ages of 55 and 64 years to 35 new ...

A 67-year-old man with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction had recurrent ventricular fibrillation that required insertion of temporary pacemaker. When a permanent pacemaker was inserted stable ...

Julie Bowen, known worldwide as Claire Dunphy from Modern Family, discovered her heart problem in her late 20s, just as her acting career was taking off. She has said she thought her very low heart ...