These days having both a land line and a mobile phone seems like overkill. But Virginia Tech researchers have shown that the heart relies on at least two key communication channels to keep abnormal ...

Second-degree heart block is a potentially serious but treatable condition affecting the heart’s electrical system. Treatment may require a pacemaker to stabilize the heart’s rhythm. Electrical ...

Cost-effective screening tool The ECGI vest developed at UCL, worn by a medical student. (Courtesy: UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science/James Tye) A reusable vest that generates high-resolution ...

The sinoatrial (SA) node is the natural pacemaker of the heart. It generates electrical impulses that cause the heart’s chambers to contract, setting the heart rate. The SA node typically generates 60 ...

Heart block is a disruption in the electrical signals that control your heart. Your heart depends on a steady flow of electrical signals that start in the heart’s upper chambers (atria). The signals ...

Rachel Wells, MSN, RN, CNL, a second-year student in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) program and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ...

In the fourth grade, Virginia Willard decided she wanted to be a nurse in the operating room of Sacred Heart Hospital. She would read biographies of doctors and nurses in between Nancy Drew books. At ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Ascension Sacred Heart and the University of West Florida are partnering up to allow nursing students to receive a more immersive experience, according to a news release ...