Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) is a rare genetic ventricular tachycardia which can result in sudden cardiac death and/or syncope in young individuals with structurally ...

Two genes are clearly associated with CPVT (RyR2 autosomal dominant and CASQ2 autosomal recessive). Triadin and calmodulin mutations have been shown in possible CPVT cases and in one family with ...

CPVT is an inherited disturbance of the heart rhythm (arrhythmia) induced by adrenergic stress. It derives from an alteration of intracellular Ca 2+ handling, involving the Ca 2+-induced Ca 2+ release ...

ARMGO Pharma, Inc. (ARMGO), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel class of small molecule drugs known as Rycals®, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase ...

CRESTON, Iowa -- Five months after collapsing at a spring track meet, 15-year-old Nate Bentley is back under the Friday night lights - this time with a personalized plan and a heart monitor helping ...

Much has been written on the potential dangers of sporting activities in children and young adults with potentially arrhythmogenic cardiac conditions. Current international guidelines recommend ...

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rate that occurs in the lower chambers of the heart and lasts for less than 30 seconds. Tachycardia is a heart rate that is faster ...

Recurrent ventricular tachycardia among survivors of myocardial infarction with an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) is frequent despite antiarrhythmic drug therapy. The most effective ...

There are only a few sinus rhythm QRS complexes available to examine on this ECG. Using lead V1 an incomplete right bundle branch block is seen. A prolonged QT interval is present that extends all the ...

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to develop a new platform that enables the automated production of 3D cardiac ...