ROCHESTER, NY — About a third of patients with nonischemic disease in a major cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) trial had cardiomyopathy related to premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) that ...

A colleague recently asked me how I would approach an asymptomatic young patient with thousands of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). She said, "I used to think I knew how to treat PVCs, but ...

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CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first, the VANISH2 ...

Cardiac ablation—also called catheter ablation—is a procedure doctors use to treat irregular heartbeats or arrhythmias. During cardiac ablation, doctors insert a thin tube called a catheter into your ...

Cardiac ablation is a procedure performed by an interventional cardiologist, a doctor who specializes in performing procedures for heart problems. The procedure involves threading catheters (long ...

This procedure uses energy to make small scars in your heart tissue. These scars stop unusual electrical signals that move through your heart and cause an uneven heartbeat (your doctor might call it ...