Heart's electrical system
Disease Information
Overview
Your child’s heart’s electrical system provides the energy to help his heart pump blood.
- also called the cardiac conduction system
- an EKG is a graphic picture of the heart’s electrical activity
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital are dedicated to exploring the heart’s electrical system. Ongoing research includes looking at creating replacement heart valves using a patient’s own tissue, the evaluation of radio-frequency ablation to treat arrhythmia, and the study of new drugs in preventing aortic aneurysms.
