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Electrical storm is a high-risk emergency marked by recurrent ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, commonly defined as three or more sustained…
QTc prolongation is a frequent electrocardiographic finding in intensive care, where acute illness, polypharmacy, organ dysfunction, and rapidly changing…
Syncope in older adults is a transient loss of consciousness caused by temporary global cerebral hypoperfusion, followed by spontaneous, complete recovery. In…
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is changing the way clinicians approach catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Unlike thermal techniques, which use…
Scar-related atrial tachycardia is a frequent late complication of congenital heart disease surgery and catheter-based intervention. Incisions, patch material,…
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce sudden cardiac death in patients at risk of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The decision…
Atrial fibrillation is common in people with kidney failure and often appears alongside hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, vascular disease, and advanced…
J-wave syndromes comprise a group of electrical disorders in which terminal QRS abnormalities, ST-segment elevation, and ventricular repolarization changes may…
Fluoroscopy has long supported catheter navigation, transseptal access, lead implantation, and device extraction in the electrophysiology laboratory. It…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly encountered through a smartphone notification, a wrist-worn sensor, or a home monitoring platform rather than during a…