In the last few weeks, the Skeptical Cardiologist has had a run on with patients with premature atrial contractions (PACs). I've discussed in detail premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) here and ...

Do you ever feel like your heart misses a beat? There’s a good chance that what you noticed was a heartbeat that happened sooner than it usually does. When that happens, and then follows up with a ...

Data from large-scale epidemiologic studies to support an association between PM exposure and atrial arrhythmias are lacking. The findings of the aforementioned studies are limited in generalizability ...

MANY common arrhythmias observed in both atria and ventricles are similar although the atrial types have a few important distinguishing features. Thus, so far as therapy is concerned, the atrial ...