Removing both ventricles and replacing them with VADs, as was done for Pedigo, is not a frequently used technique, but "other large VAD centers have used this strategy," Walsh said. St. Vincent ...

Placement of an external ventricular drain allows cerebrospinal fluid to drain from the ventricles to an external collecting system. An EVD is used to both diagnose and treat raised intracranial pr ...

Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC): A condition that makes you feel like your heart skips a beat or flutters.

Bioengineers have developed the first biohybrid model of human ventricles with helically aligned beating cardiac cells, and have shown that muscle alignment dramatically increases how much blood the ...

Ventricular tachycardia causes your heart to beat too fast. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Enlarging brain ventricles could be an indication of cognitive problems and onset of Alzheimer’s disease, say Canadian researchers. Scientists at the University of Western Ontario used magnetic ...

Mostly, what we see with the expansion of the ventricles is probably a secondary issue. Sometimes trauma, infection or subarachnoid hemorrhage can cause it, but the most common situation we encounter ...

First-degree heart block is when the electrical signals that cause the heart to beat are partially blocked. Learn more here.

Zak Kolkey, front, sings while The Ventricles practice in the garage of Evan Leung on June 1, 2023, in Norfolk, Virginia. All members of the band are medical students at Eastern Virginia Medical ...

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rate that occurs in the lower chambers of the heart. Learn more about its symptoms and treatment options here.

Second-degree heart block is a potentially serious but treatable condition affecting the heart's electrical system. Learn more.