A battery-operated device that is surgically implanted in the chest to detect and correct life-threatening heart arrhythmias.
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops pumping, and is a leading cause of death in the United States. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Minimally invasive surgery is a type of surgery that involves smaller incisions and shorter recovery time. Learn more about these procedures.
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting is a surgical procedure that is used to treat coronary artery disease. In the procedure, a surgeon takes healthy blood vessels from elsewhere in the body and uses them to reroute blood around narrowed or blocked sections of affected coronary arteries, thereby restoring blood flow to the heart.
Women face unique risks, warning signs and symptoms of heart disease. Here's what women—and men who care about them—need to know about this condition.
A malfunction in the heart's electrical system that causes the heart to beat slower than it should.
Patients with A-fib benefit from specialized anesthesiology. Learn more about this treatment.
A cardiac pacemaker is an implantable device that sends electrical pulses to the heart to correct a slow heart rate.
Tachycardia occurs when the heart beats faster than 100 beats per minute. It can occur as a normal response to exercise, fever, stress, or other stimuli. Tachycardia that occurs abruptly and without a clear cause, or when the heart rate increases out of proportion for a given activity is considered abnormal.
Condition in which electrical signals in the heart are blocked, causing the heart to beat out of sync.