ECG screening can assist in the detection of potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions, but legislation mandating preparticipation screening for young athletes may do more harm than good, ...

Even minor ECG abnormalities detected with annual checks signal a greater risk of future CVD events, a study of several million working-age people affirms, although questions remain about whether ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

More than half of participants in the GRADE trial had ECG abnormalities (57.1%) and ECG-defined cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (52.8%) at baseline. The presence of these abnormalities was ...

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is an abnormal heart rhythm where the bottom chambers of your heart beat too quickly. People with severe cases may experience sudden cardiac arrest. Conditions that ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...