(HealthDay)—Fainting isn't fun. For those who have ever suddenly and briefly lost consciousness, it's a disconcerting situation that typically triggers a thorough medical workup. Unfortunately, it's ...

An associate professor of medicine and cardiology at Mount Sinai, Dr. Marie-Noelle Langan specializes in treating electrical malfunctions of the heart. October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month ...

Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an atypical heart rhythm that can cause chest pain, fainting, and cardiac arrest. Doctors treat it with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillators, and ...

Cardiac arrest, which often leads to a heart attack, is frighteningly common: every minute of every day there is another victim, according to the American Red Cross. Almost 80% of cardiac arrests ...

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Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that sit under the skin, in the chest area near a patient's heart. They help with controlling abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker can treat an abnormally slow ...

For those who have ever even suddenly and briefly lost consciousness, it's a disconcerting situation that typically triggers a thorough medical workup with no definitive diagnosis. This study found ...