In the last few weeks, the Skeptical Cardiologist has had a run on with patients with premature atrial contractions (PACs). I've discussed in detail premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) here and ...

Background A 44-year-old female presented with a long history of chest pain, palpitations and increasing dyspnea. Electrocardiography and 24 h Holter monitoring revealed multiple premature ventricular ...

A healthy 33-year-old woman with no cardiac risk factors feels thumps or skipped beats in her chest a few times a day regardless of activity. An event recorder showed premature ventricular ...

Premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a type of abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia. It happens when the heartbeat begins in the lower, rather than the upper, heart chambers. This creates an ...

Stress and anxiety can trigger premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), a type of arrhythmia. Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) can be caused by emotional stress and anxiety, among other ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among asymptomatic patients without a history of CVD, high-grade premature ventricular contractions during the ...

INTRODUCTION Inadvertently induced ventricular fibrillation (VF) by radiofrequency (RF) energy delivery for premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) is a rare phenomenon; nevertheless, it is crucial to ...

For years and years, physicians—including me—have told patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmia to forgo the pleasures of chocolate and coffee. The joyous poster was born from the database of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — While renal denervation achieved its goals of lowering blood pressure and heart rate in a small series of especially high-risk patients with drug-resistant hypertension, it also ...

In the last few weeks, the Skeptical Cardiologist has had a run on with patients with premature atrial contractions (PACs). I've discussed in detail premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) here and ...