These days having both a land line and a mobile phone seems like overkill. But Virginia Tech researchers have shown that the heart relies on at least two key communication channels to keep abnormal ...

Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.

Reentry arrhythmia occurs when electrical signals in the heart deviate from their usual path, creating a loop that causes repeated stimulation and disrupts the heart’s rhythm. Symptoms of reentry ...

Virginia Tech researchers studying how a usually benign virus attacks the human heart with sometimes fatal consequences determined that the virus disrupts the heart’s electrical system – and with dual ...

The sinoatrial (SA) node is the natural pacemaker of the heart. It generates electrical impulses that cause the heart’s chambers to contract, setting the heart rate. The SA node typically generates 60 ...

Rare cardiac procedure at Fortis Escorts restores normal rhythm to 7-year-old from Iraq Add as a preferred source on Google After two hours of meticulous work, the team successfully isolated and ...

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the brainstem ...