Cardiac tamponade is usually the result of penetration of the pericardium, which is the thin, double-walled sac that surrounds your heart. The cavity around your heart can fill with enough blood ...

The heart is inefficient (it doesn’t squeeze out enough blood), and obstruction in the heart cavity leads to murmurs that can worsen with exercise, make you breathless, and create electrical ...

This is usually caused by blunt trauma to the heart or chest cavity during a car crash or fall. This can cause irregular heartbeats. For some, if myocardial contusion is minor, ...

Until now, detailed mapping of the heart’s electrical activity was rare – requiring either a catheter to be inserted inside the heart cavity or carried out using single-use devices that were ...

A surgical approach is usually done if heart surgery is also being performed to treat a separate heart condition. A 2020 study suggests surgical ablation may be more effective than catheter ablation.