Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is an especially serious heart arrhythmia related to weak or undetectable electrical activity. PEA can be a precursor to sudden cardiac death, so its symptoms ...

With numerical simulations, researchers have demonstrated a new way to time weak electrical pulses that can stop certain life-threatening arrhythmias. The group shows that timed pulses are successful ...

Cardioversion is a procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm. It’s most often used to treat AFib, the most common type of heart arrhythmia. While some people have success with medications, most ...

Carroll County Emergency Services has received a $35,000 grant from American Electric Power (AEP) to purchase a new LifePak ...

A cardiac ventricular arrhythmia can be converted to a normal sinus rhythm (white line) by using a sequence of light pulses (blue line) in an optogenetic mouse heart. Applying such pulsed light, ...