At an electrophysiology meeting one would expect a lot of interest in the high-tech and cutting edge. Yet one constant I find at European meetings is the popularity of sports cardiology, a decidedly ...

early warning sign of rare heart problems in some athletes. Italian researchers report that news in The New England Journal of Medicine. Most athletes have strong, healthy hearts. But some have ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...

An electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, is a simple and painless test that measures the electrical impulses of your heart to check for signs of heart disease. It's done through small ...

NEW YORK — The international criteria for electrocardiography (ECG) interpretation in athletes perform better than prior iterations in predominantly African American National Basketball Association ...

Correspondence to Dr Aaron Baggish, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Suite 5B, Boston, MA 02114, USA; abaggish{at}partners.org Background/aim ...

Imagine going in for a routine pre-operative EKG in which the medical professional is simply making sure all is well before surgery. The machine indicates you’ve had a massive heart attack on the ...