Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) is a rare genetic ventricular tachycardia which can result in sudden cardiac death and/or syncope in young individuals with structurally ...

A 52-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia experiences chest pain and summons medical help. Thirty minutes later, in the presence of paramedics, he collapses with ventricular fibrillation ...

February 9, 2010 (Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC) — Many common, useful drugs have the side effect of electrocardiographic QT-interval prolongation, which substantially increases the risk of sudden ...

This issue has been the subject of much debate and one that is in a rapid course of evolution. Like the long-QT and short-QT syndromes, Brugada syndrome is traditionally thought of as a primary ...

There are only a few sinus rhythm QRS complexes available to examine on this ECG. Using lead V1 an incomplete right bundle branch block is seen. A prolonged QT interval is present that extends all the ...

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...