UCLA cardiologists use new methods to treat life-threatening arrhythmias
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 17:03
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ventricular arrhythmias - abnormal rhythms from the lower chambers of the heart - are typically treated using a combination of medication, implanted defibrillators and catheter ablation. However, for a small subset of patients, such as those who experience a ventricular electrical storm (three or more episodes within a 24-hour period), such arrhythmias pose serious medical emergencies and require further treatment.