The impulse is then passed to another node within the heart – the atrioventricular node (AVN). This node is in the lower part of the right atrium.

These erratic electrical impulses travel to the lower chambers of your heart or ventricles and cause a rapid, irregular heartbeat. Some people with afib don’t experience symptoms, while others ...

and the second in one of the heart's ventricles. If the wire near the sinoatrial node doesn't detect any electrical activity ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that 40 percent of newly diagnosed heart failure ...

Research conducted across 12 hospitals in China has discovered that combining linear ablation with ethanol infusion via the ...

A global trial last year found the dual pacemaker had a 97% success rate in returning patients’ heartbeats to normal. Karen ...

The patients who made the biggest news at last week's meeting of the American Heart Association in Miami were those who can talk about their "tickers" without being cute. They are ...