A ventricular resection is a type of surgery that removes scar tissue or a tumor from a heart chamber to restore function. Often, a reconstruction or repair procedure follows this. The heart has four ...

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 ...

In 2006, Steve Pitkin suffered a serious heart attack while hiking above Salt Lake City with his daughter. The main artery in Pitkin’s heart was completely blocked, leaving 70% of his left ventricle ...

Byfield is one of over 100,000 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in the country.

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

Having a heart attack is a life-changing, potentially deadly occurrence, but two Connecticut men who have experienced heart failure have gone onto live meaningful lives for years. That is thanks to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The apparent suicide of a patient with an LVAD sparked discussion about mental health in this population. Healio ...

Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may benefit from having their pulmonary artery (PA) pressures monitored with the CardioMEMS system (Abbott), a nonrandomized study suggests. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed significant improvement in cerebrovascular hemodynamics after LVAD implant in patients with ...