In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2021.0018, Min Lin, Yuqin Xiong, Yipin Lin, Yuhua Li and ...

There's good news when it comes to our heart's sinoatrial node (SAN), the body's natural pacemaker. Scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have shown the human SAN is hardwired ...

Cardiovascular late effects among endometrial cancer survivors in a cohort study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Cancer Survivorship Symposium. This abstract does not include a full ...

In humans, the heart’s sinoatrial node (SAN), acts as the body’s pacemaker. A new study, published Wednesday (July 26) in Science Translational Medicine, reports two backup mechanisms that may prevent ...

Answer: Enhanced parasympathetic tone and ischemia to the AV nodal artery. Also recall that the right coronary artery (RCA), in addition to supplying the right ventricle and inferior walls, also ...

Tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome (i.e. pauses after converting to sinus rhythm) Severe sinus bradycardia Sinus pauses/sinus arrest Sinoatrial nodal exit block Chronotropic incompetence (failure of ...

In patients with atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), the occurrence of nonsurgical AV block has been reported. We have looked for an explanation in the development of the AV conduction system.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart's rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within the cells, according to a preclinical study. The ...