The human heart beats approximately 100,000 times daily, pumping over 2,000 gallons of blood through a 60,000 mile network of vessels. This remarkable feat relies on a precise electrical system ...

Arrhythmia is an irregular heart rhythm. The condition is usually not serious, but when it is, treatment is generally effective. Share on Pinterest Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images It’s common for children ...

Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day. Sometimes it beats faster and sometimes more slowly, depending on what you're doing and whether, for instance, you're all worked up about something. So ...

CHICAGO — Among patients with a history of syncope who had ambulatory ECG monitoring, nearly four of five had an arrhythmia, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Depending on the type of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), medication can help slow or regulate a person’s heartbeat. Doctors will assess symptoms to decide the best medication. Medications for ...

Signify Health, a subsidiary of CVS Health, will add a heart arrhythmia test to its Diagnostic and Preventive Services offering. The move is intended to broaden Signify's range of in-home services ...

We could soon be checking our heart rhythm while grocery shopping, thanks to a device incorporated into the handle of a supermarket cart designed to monitor for atrial fibrillation, a common heart ...

Electrical signals that travel through voltage-gated ion channels orchestrate the timing of heartbeat. In the search for therapies against an inherited form of abnormal heart rhythm caused by ...