A 57-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, treated with a beta-blocker and an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, presents to her internist for a routine physical examination. Her ...

Background The usefulness and modalities of cardiovascular screening in young athletes remain controversial, particularly concerning the role of 12-lead ECG. One of the reasons refers to the presumed ...

If the finding on an ECG is “septal infarct, age undetermined,” it means that the patient possibly had a heart attack at an undetermined time in the past. Septal infarct is a patch of dead, dying, or ...

Sudden cardiac death in young people is rare but deeply shocking because it often strikes without warning. Many victims ...

Shane Nanayakkara receives funding from the Heart Foundation and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Anna Beale does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...