Background Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) is a novel, non-invasive treatment for therapy-refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT). In STAR, a high dose of radiation is used to ...

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a malignant inherited cardiac condition, with a higher lethality than long QT syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The annual ...

When confronted with a tachycardia having a broad QRS complex, it is important to be able to differentiate between a supraventricular and a ventricular tachycardia. Medication given for the treatment ...

Often seen as an option of last resort for ventricular tachycardia, new research suggests catheter ablation could have a place as first-line treatment.

The primary electric disorders responsible for polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation are long-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, the short-coupled variant of torsades de ...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular tac ...

References: Sapp JL, Tang AS, Parkash R, et al., for the VANISH2 Study Team. Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia. N Engl J Med 2024;Nov 16: [Epub ahead of print].

A new study assesses the prognostic accuracy of Predicting Risk of CVD EVENTs (PREVENT) equations for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the US population.

How to Tell What’s Dangerous Heart palpitations have several possible causes, and arrhythmias are the most frequent. Most arrhythmias are not serious, but some, namely ventricular tachycardia, are ...

Get the facts on a heart rhythm condition called catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), including its causes, diagnosis, and treatment.

What causes nonsustained ventricular tachycardia? Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is caused by issues in your heart’s lower chambers, which lead to faulty signals and an abnormally high heart rate.