CHICAGO — A healthy heart beats up to 100 times a minute, but if that increases or decreases, you may suffer from a heart arrhythmia, caused by breakdowns in the electrical pathways of the heart.

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood ...

Traditional methods to treat cardiac arrhythmias typically see cardiologists inserting a catheter into the heart to measure electrical impulses and determine where in the tissue the abnormal rhythm is ...

A new way of treating arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF) - the most common heart arrhythmia diagnosis in clinical practice - has debuted at UC San Diego Health. vMap is a non-invasive, ...

Abbott has scored clearance from the FDA for its latest 3D cardiac mapping platform, designed to help physicians target abnormal heart rhythms. The EnSite X EP system threads a catheter into the heart ...

Modelling the heart in 3D using combined imaging techniques can help predict heart rhythm abnormalities, or arrhythmias, in patients with the genetic heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Chinese scientists have reportedly developed a new technique that makes organs transparent while also preserving their structure. The technique, it is claimed, could be used to make highly accurate ...

Children's cardiac surgery has been revolutionised by the development of 3D-printed models of patients' hearts, a leading ...