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Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is changing the conversation around catheter treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF). Unlike conventional thermal ablation, which…

Sudden cardiac arrest at school is uncommon, but its consequences are immediate and severe. A student, teacher, coach, or visitor may collapse during class,…

Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection creates a difficult balance between restoring reliable bradycardia support and avoiding another…

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited or acquired disorder of cardiac repolarization in which a prolonged QT interval creates vulnerability to polymorphic…

Early repolarization is a familiar electrocardiographic finding, yet in a small subset of patients it forms part of a malignant ventricular arrhythmia…

Cryoballoon ablation has become an established strategy for pulmonary vein isolation in selected patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation.…

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited myocardial disease characterized by ventricular arrhythmias, progressive structural…

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is diagnosed when a patient survives ventricular fibrillation without an identifiable structural, ischemic,…

Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) increasingly survive into later decades, but repaired anatomy rarely becomes electrically normal. Surgical scars,…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and dementia frequently occur in the same patients, especially among older adults with hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, vascular…