Cardiac ablation, or cardiac catheter ablation, is a procedure to treat rhythm disturbances of the heart. Catheter ablation is used when a rhythm disturbance, called arrhythmia, is not controlled by medications or when medications cause too many...
Culture-negative endocarditis, which is an inflammation or infection of the lining of the heart, can cause a number of cardiopulmonary conditions that can cause congestive heart failure if not properly monitored by a physician. Common...
Culture-negative endocarditis is an infection or inflammation of the lining of the heart. If left untreated, this condition can lead to cardiac arrest, congestive heart failure and death. Treating culture-negative endocarditis can be relatively...
Culture-negative endocarditis, an infection or inflammation of the lining of the heart, differs from other types of endocarditis in that the organisms that cause the condition cannot grow from a blood sample culture. The signs and symptoms of this...
Atrial septal defect is a congenital heart defect, meaning a defect present at birth. A hole between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, allows blood from the left atrium to flow into the right side of the heart and to the lungs. The...
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition in which the heart has an extra electrical pathway, can lead to a dangerously fast heart rhythm, according to Medline Plus. While the condition is present at birth, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome can...
The heart is an amazing organ, beating an average of 100,000 times per day to pump blood throughout the body. The precise timing and contraction of the heart is mainly due to an electrical pathway starting from the top chambers of the heart...
The normal resting heart rate for a one-to-three-year-old is 70 to 110 beats per minute, according to the Kids Health website. Doctors consider a heart rate higher than 110 beats per minute to be elevated. Most toddlers' heart rates will stay at...
Approximately 12.8 percent of U.S. infants enter the world before the 37th week of pregnancy, the March of Dimes reports. At least 80 percent of premature babies experience some degree of jaundice, according to the Kids Health website. Jaundice, a...
