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Author(s):
Iskren Garvanski
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Iana Simova
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Lazar Angelkov
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et al
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3 years ago
AF is the most common sustained arrhythmia in clinical routine, and is associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications, dementia and mortality.1 Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with symptomatic AF has become a well-established treatment option.2,3 High acute success rates are achievable, but durable efficacy of previously successful PVIs for AF still remains a…
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Author(s):
HF Pitschner
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P Reinesch
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H Bahavar
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et al
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3 years ago
Since 1996 our electrophysiological diagnostic catheters and ablation catheters have been submitted to a certified (DIN EN ISO 13485) reprocessing company (Remed GmbH®, a member of the VANGUARD group). Each step of reprocessing that the catheters have to pass is certified according to the existing international regulations (standards, guidelines, etc.), which is required by law in Germany1,2 and…
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Author(s):
Gheorghe-Andrei Dan
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3 years ago
“The tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by ugly facts.”
– Thomas Huxley
The 2016 AF European guidelines specifies that the rhythm control strategy – irrespective of method – exclusively addresses the control of symptoms and improvement of quality of life, autonomy and social functioning.1 The exception, obviously, is the vital indication of acute rhythm restoration in…
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Author(s):
Katja Zeppenfeld
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Martin J Schalij
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3 years ago
Patients with structural heart disease are at risk of ventricular tachycardia (VT), a major cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) with an incidence of one to two per 1,000 per year.1 The proven life-saving benefit achieved with implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) is due to the reduction in SCD. However, several considerations support an important role for therapies that prevent episodes…
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Author(s):
Zengwu Wang
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Tom Richart
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Yu Jin
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et al
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3 years ago
Stroke is the second most common cause of mortality worldwide.1 Cerebrovascular disease caused an estimated 5.7 million deaths in 2005, with 87% occurring in low- or middle-income countries.2 Without intervention, the global number of stroke deaths will rise to 6.5 million in 2015 and 7.8 million in 2030.2 Blood pressure is the most consistent and powerful predictor of stroke. Hypertension…
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Author(s):
Maria Cristina Tavera
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Sara Foresti
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Riccardo Cappato
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3 years ago
Before the advent of surgery only 20% of children with congenital heart disease survived to adult life.1 Great achievements in paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery over the last few decades resulted in an increased survival of children with congenital heart disease (CHD). Today we are facing the first generation of grown-up congenital heart disease (GUCH) patients and the management of their…
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Author(s):
John Anderson
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Nicola Donnelly
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3 years ago
A range of treatments have been developed for the management of cardiac arrhythmias. These include antiarrhythmic drugs, artificial pacemakers, implanted cardiac defibrillators and ablation of damaged or malfunctioning cardiac tissue. However, to allow a physician to choose the most suitable course of treatment for a patient, it is important that the correct diagnosis be made in an appropriate…
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Author(s):
Laura Vitali Serdoz
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Riccardo Cappato
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3 years ago
Non-pharmacologic treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved rapidly in the last decade and multiple technical approaches have been developed, starting from surgical atrial linear lesions to transcatheter ablation, leading to progress in AF physiopathology comprehension and to the understanding that a curative therapy for AF may exist, at least for a subgroup of patients.
The early…
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Author(s):
Jason G Andrade
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Ricky D Turgeon
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Laurent Macle
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et al
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1 year ago
Author(s):
Béatrice Brembilla-Perrot
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3 years ago
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is associated with atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia, but a patient showing a pre-excitation syndrome on electrocardiogram (ECG) may remain asymptomatic. The main problem is that some of these asymptomatic patients or patients with re-entrant tachycardia are at risk of sudden death.1 The studies of patients with aborted sudden death indicated that in…
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