Learn about atrial septal defects in babies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term outlook for this ...

Atrial fibrillation (or "AFib"), which causes an irregular heart rhythm, affects far fewer Americans—recent estimates put it ...

The lifespan of the leadless pacemaker is about 15 years. Earlier this year, St. Agnes Medical Center became the first ...

Jerry Karzen has had many successes as both as tennis player and coach. Now he is getting the chance to extend those accomplishments with the assistance of a new generation of pacemaker.

Inherited or genetic heart disorders, mostly known as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in medical term, is a condition ...

Babies born with heart defects may be at increased risk for cancer within the first 10 years of life, according to new research that suggests mothers may ...

Newborns with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer compared to children born without a heart abnormality.

And you can see the extraordinary engineering in action if we slow your heart to a single beat. Inside the cavernous chambers, the muscles work together in perfect harmony. These muscles never get ...

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center's electrophysiology team, led by Dr. Mark Lee, performed Long Beach ...

Cut through the coracoid bar and pull back to fully open the pericardial cavity. Locate the vessels entering and leaving the heart and the 2 heart chambers - atrium and ventricle. Look at diagram of ...