Pediatric congenital heart surgery is a procedure to correct a structural problem in a child's heart. Learn about this procedure.
Adult congenital heart disease is a type of defect in one or more structures of the heart that occurs before birth. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Patients with A-fib benefit from specialized anesthesiology. Learn more about this treatment.
An occasional extra heartbeat that temporarily changes the heart's regular rhythm. The extra heartbeat originates in one of the heart's lower chambers.
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.
Syncope is a sudden, brief loss of consciousness also known as “fainting.“ Learn about causes and treatment.
A malfunction in the heart's electrical system that causes the heart to beat slower than it should.
A battery-operated device that is surgically implanted in the chest to detect and correct life-threatening heart arrhythmias.
An echocardiogram is a test that uses ultrasound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. Learn more about this procedure.