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EHRA 2019: Internal vs. External Electrical Cardioversion of Atrail Arrhythmias in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
Author(s): Jakob Luker Added: 5 years ago
Dr Jakob Lüker (University Hospital Cologne, DE) discusses internal vs. external electrical cardioversion of atrail arrhythmias in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Filmed on site by Radcliffe Cardiology. Questions: 1. What is the concern with atrial conversions in patients with AICDs (automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator)? (00:10) 2. How does… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Job title: Professor
Prof Paul Kalra is Professor of Cardiologyat Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.The majority of his work involves assessment, investigation and management of patients with known or suspected cardiac problems. While he has a broad interest in all aspects of general adult cardiology, his sub-specialty interest is the assessment and management of patients with heart failure. Prof Kalra has… View more
Author(s): William Foster , Mark Sopher Added: 3 years ago
In 1966, following the death of his mentor Professor Harry Heller from ventricular tachycardia (VT), Michel Mirowski began to research a way to prevent future deaths from ventricular arrhythmia, working with Morton Mower and William Staewen in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore. The first human implant of an automated implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) took place in 1980 amid much criticism and… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Digital Health
Author(s): Derk Jan ten Harkel , Maarten Witsenburg Added: 3 years ago
In recent years, there have been many advances in the diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias in children. This paper focuses on some of these advances, and gives an overview of relevant studies. Special attention is paid to technological advances that have created the possibility of using devices like an implantable loop recorder or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in even small… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Jordi Perez-Rodon , Enrique Galve , Carmen Pérez-Bocanegra , et al Added: 3 years ago
Topic: 3. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Introduction and Objectives Although treatment optimization in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF) may result in left ventricular reverse remodelling (LVRR) in some cases, predictors of this phenomenon are scarce. This study aimed to: 1) determine the incidence and predictors of absence of LVRR after… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Alessandro Marinelli , Mario Luzi , Alessandro Capucci Added: 3 years ago
Several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have proven the efficacy of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with advanced systolic heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).1–3 ICD therapy proved to be efficacious also in other conditions at high risk for arrhythmic death such as familial SCD… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Derek V Exner Added: 3 years ago
Why Do We Need Risk Stratification Tools? Sudden death accounts for between 300,000 and 500,000 deaths each year in North America.1 Patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) have a four-fold higher risk of sudden death than those without such a history. Most sudden deaths in ambulatory populations result from life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias that lead to a cardiac arrest.2… View more

MI/ACS
Author(s): Vincent Floré , Rik Willems Added: 3 years ago
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can be defined as the abrupt cessation of cardiac activity due to an underlying cardiac cause, occurring instantaneously in a previously stable patient and in the absence of non-cardiovascular causes (e.g., trauma, intoxication, drowning, electrocution).1,2 SCA will lead to loss of consciousness within the minute due to insufficient cerebral perfusion. If no immediate… View more

Heart Failure
Remote Patient Monitoring in Cardiac Rhythm Management
Author(s): Dominic AMJ Theuns , Luc J Jordaens Added: 3 years ago
Since the first implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) was used in 1980, device technology and the indications for ICD therapy have changed markedly. The rate of ICD implantation has increased and the ICD has become part of the standard therapy in patients who are at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.1,2 The majority of ICD recipients are followed routinely at intervals… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Digital Health
Author(s): Dan Wichterle Added: 3 years ago
Myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with acute risk of early malignant arrhythmias that can be easily treated during in-hospital intensive care by defibrillation, adjuvant antiarrhythmic therapy or even catheter ablation in resistant cases. Indeed, such management resulted in substantial improvement in MI survival rate. Despite the implementation of primary percutaneous coronary… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia