Department of Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
Dr Robert Staffa is currently affiliated with the Department of Surgery, Center for Vascular Disease, St. Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic. Dr Robert Staffa specializes in Vascular Surgery
Commentary
An Arrhythmia Describes an Irregular Heartbeat: Commentary
Author(s): Raouf Khalil*
Arrhythmias occur when the electrical signals that coordinate heartbeats are not working correctly. It might happen
in patients with heart that appear to be ordinarily organized. Ventricular tachycardia frequently happens when the
heart muscle has been harmed and scar tissue makes unusual electrical pathways in the ventricles. Many system
has been designed to help in the processing of cardiac signals: single or multiple lead Electrocardiograms (ECG),
electrograms from intracardiac catheters, esophageal recordings. These developments were oriented toward positive
identification of arrhythmias. .. View more»