A slam dunk in heart care innovation! Hartford HealthCare's LVAD team is bringing together a day of friendly basketball competition and the power of LVAD technology for their patients and care team.

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how ...

Patches with a cellulose gel material can also prevent them from sliding off your face (a con I often deal with and try to avoid as much as possible). Not only is the skin under your eyes thinner ...

The left ventricle pumps blood out to the rest of the body. Right ventricular heart failure causes the veins to bulge as blood accumulates. This condition occurs when the pressure in blood vessels ...

State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical ...

When the impulses are properly synchronized, you have a normal heartbeat. Ventricular tachycardia occurs when the delivery of impulses is out of sync, causing the lower chambers to beat too fast. This ...

Introduction: Transcatheter device closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) offers an appealing and effective alternative to surgical repair. The Lifetech™ Konar-Multifunctional Occluder (MFO) VSD ...

Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is 55% to 70%, meaning the heart pumps out at least half of the blood in its left ventricle with each beat. An EF below 50% ...

What is the difference between SVT and VT on ECG? Regular broad complex tachycardias may be either ventricular (VT) or supraventricular (SVT), and telling them apart is key to proper treatment ...