Over 300,000 people die each year in the US due to sudden cardiac death. In many cases, sudden cardiac death is caused by abnormally rapid heart rhythms called tachycardias, which means the heart ...

The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist that pumps blood around the body. When the heart is functioning properly, it has a specific rhythm controlled by a mass of specialized heart tissue ...

In early June, 71-year-old Navy veteran Robert Sommer of Sarasota addressed a medical condition that had been plaguing him for years. “I had been experiencing heart pounding, like my heart was going ...

The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older adults. It may start with a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering feeling in a person’s ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...

LOS ANGELES – The Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Population (RATE) shows that long episodes of atrial tachycardia or atrial ...

Cardiac Electrophysiology Institute Expands Catheter Ablation Access For Los Angeles Heart Rhythm Patients. <a href = target= ...