Bigeminy is the medical term for the sensation of the heart 'skipping a beat'. This occurs when the heart's rhythm becomes irregular. Irregular rhythms then affect how blood moves through the heart, ...

CARDIAC failure is frequently precipitated by a noncardiac illness. Although digitalis is used to restore and maintain compensation, the self-limiting nature of the precipitating event or its response ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy ...

The initial three quarters of the tracing in Figure 1 could be either ventricular bigeminy with a pseudo-delta wave or ventricular preexcitation of every other beat. Luckily, the last three beats (V4, ...

FDA released a written report of 277 cases of adverse effects associated with droperidol. Of these, 135 occurred outside of the United States, 82 of which resulted in death. For the reports of adverse ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Ventricular arrhythmia' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Apple Watch’s ECG functionality has saved a lot of lives, but the latest example shows how the low and high resting heart rate alerts are also uncovering unknown heart issues. After seeing multiple ...

Background A 44-year-old female presented with a long history of chest pain, palpitations and increasing dyspnea. Electrocardiography and 24 h Holter monitoring revealed multiple premature ventricular ...

With an inferior ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (inferior STEMI), you would expect the right coronary artery to be the culprit in about 90% of cases. On occasion you will find a patient ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dr. Roach: Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy heartbeat. My cardiologist prescribed metoprolol. At about the ...