Dr. Yuefan Chen (Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine): A 59-year-old woman had hypotension and electrocardiographic (ECG) ST-segment abnormalities after the administration of anesthetic ...

Cardiovascular scientists at City St George's, University of London, have identified crucial clues from a heart rhythm test that could detect hidden heart disease in young people, according to ...

The rhythm is regular at a rate of 96 beats/min, although two shorter RR intervals (4th and 13th) (⊓) occur because of premature QRS complexes (↑). The QRS complex duration is normal (0.08 sec), and ...

Dr. J. Sawalla Guseh: A 38-year-old man was evaluated at the cardiology clinic of this hospital because of exertional chest discomfort. The patient had been a competitive athlete in the past and had ...

The woman presented to the emergency department immediately after one such episode, reported Mazen M. Kawji, MD, of OSF Cardiovascular Institute in Peoria, Illinois. Importantly, these spells occurred ...

The correct diagnosis is sinus bradycardia and accelerated idioventricular rhythm (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Philip J. Podrid, MD. The rhythm is slightly irregular at a rate of 50-54 beats/min.