When the heart goes into an abnormal rhythm, it can become a life threatening problem. Sometimes patients have to undergo procedures that may or may not solve the problem. University of North Carolina ...

To treat a persistent arrhythmia, surgeons need to know more than just that the heart’s beats are out of sync—they need a map of the cardiac muscle’s electrical activity to see exactly where things ...

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 ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – One in 18 people in the U.S. have a heart arrhythmia. A recent study suggests that one in four adults over the age of 40 could develop an irregular heartbeat. Some ...

Abbott today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the EnSite™ X EP System with EnSite Omnipolar Technology (OT), a new cardiac mapping platform available ...

DETROIT, Mich. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 17,000 people die every year from aortic aneurysms – a balloon-like bulge in the aorta. The aorta is the artery that carries blood from the heart through ...

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Australia have produced a first of its kind integrated map of heart cells which unlocks the process of cardiac fibrosis – a major cause of ...

One of several findings was the discovery of a group of cells, likely unique to humans, that may help the heart respond to low oxygen levels.

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Avery Williamson creating her heart map. Courtesy of the U-M Arts Initiative. To put it lightly, a ...