Dr. Steve Hammill answers the question: 'What Is Sinus Tachycardia?' — -- Question: What is sinus tachycardia, and is it something that should be treated? Answer :Sinus tachycardia is the heart ...

Photo Credit: AHA/Scott Morgan 2022. Used with permission. CHICAGO, IL—Full results of the RAPID trial testing etripamil nasal spray for patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) ...

Junctional rhythm is an irregular heart rhythm that stems from a natural pacemaker in the heart known as the atrioventricular junction. The heart has several built-in pacemakers that help control its ...

A recent randomized trial in Czechia tested the premise that lifestyle modification and use of antiarrhythmic drugs was as effective as catheter ablation (CA) to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). The ...

San Diego, CA - A substudy of the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) trial indicates that amiodarone is the most effective drug in terms of keeping patients ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an active 76-year-old man. I became aware of an increase in my resting heart rate in April 2021, going from a resting rate of 48 to 74 beats per minute in a six-day period. It is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel SK ion channel inhibitor more often converted atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm compared with placebo.

The analysis compared patients who received rhythm-control therapy for the treatment of new-onset AF to those who did not. Among critically ill patients with sustained new-onset atrial fibrillation ...

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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 ...