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 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.

Background A routine sports evaluation identified constant alternation between a junctional and idioventricular rhythm in a 9-year-old child. During exercise testing, electrography demonstrated that ...

Amiodarone is effective in maintaining sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation but is associated with potentially serious toxic effects. Dronedarone is a new antiarrhythmic agent pharmacologically related ...

The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist that pumps blood around the body. When the heart is functioning properly, it has a specific rhythm controlled by a mass of specialized heart tissue ...

Study Objectives: To compare the frequency of daytime and nocturnal cardiac arrhythmias and ST-segment depression episodes among patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), ...

A link exists between acute alcohol consumption and cardiac arrhythmias, particularly sinus tachycardia, a study published in European Heart Journal suggests. For the study, German researchers ...

Researchers working in the tents of Munich’s Oktoberfest, the famous annual celebration lubricated by the city’s brewers, have found that higher breathalyzer readings translate into a greater ...