At an electrophysiology meeting one would expect a lot of interest in the high-tech and cutting edge. Yet one constant I find at European meetings is the popularity of sports cardiology, a decidedly ...

Numerous factors can contribute to sudden cardiac death, from underlying disease after myocardial infarction to genetic variants that can claim young lives. In 'Bedside to Bench', Stanley Nattel ...

Note: ECG = electrocardiography, LAD = left anterior descending artery, STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. These cases raise several questions: Are these true syndromes or simply ECG ...

A specialist tells how to interpret subtle changes on the ECG, including those caused by two life-threatening syndromes you might otherwise miss. Reading ECGs is like learning to appreciate art—it is ...

1 Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 2 Department of Medicine St Vincent's, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Background In 2010, the European Society of ...

AN electrocardiogram (often referred to as ECG or EKG) is the most-ordered heart test. An ECG is required for virtually every patient being evaluated for a heart-related issue or heart-related symptom ...

4 Department of Cardiology, Swedish School of Sports and Health Sciences, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 5 Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of ...