Atrioventricular block in the setting of cardiac sarcoidosis: further implications
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Source: Heart and Vessels - April 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Correction to: Subcutaneous versus transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator among drug-induced type-1 ECG pattern Brugada syndrome: a propensity score matching analysis from IBRYD study
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Source: Heart and Vessels - April 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Possibility of steroid therapy without pacemaker implantation in patients with sarcoidosis presenting atrioventricular block: letter to the editor (response to Yalta K et  al.)
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Source: Heart and Vessels - April 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Prognostic impact of fractional flow reserve measurements in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a subanalysis of the FLORIDA study
AbstractRandomized trials suggest benefits for fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided vs. angiography-guided treatment strategies in well-defined and selected patient cohorts with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The long-term prognostic value of FFR measurement in unselected all-comer ACS patients, however, remains unknown. This subanalysis of the Fractional FLOw Reserve In cardiovascular DiseAses (FLORIDA) study sought to investigate the long-term effects of FFR in the management of lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). FLORIDA was an observational all-comer cohort study performed in Germany, that was popu...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Association between complete revascularization of the coronary artery and clinical outcomes in peripheral artery disease: a sub-analysis of the I-PAD Nagano registry
This study was based on a prospective, multicenter, observational registry in Japan. We enrolled 366 patients with PAD undergoing endovascular treatment. The primary endpoint was MACE, defined as a composite of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and non-fatal stroke. After excluding ineligible patients, 96 and 68 patients received complete revascularization of the coronary artery (CR group) and incomplete revascularization of the coronary artery (ICR group), respectively. Freedom from MACE in the CR group was significantly higher than in the ICR group at 5  years (66.7% vs 46.0%,p <  0.01). Multivari...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 13, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Comparison of maximum-sized visually guided laser balloon and cryoballoon ablation
In conclusion, Extended LBA exhibited a significantly greater isolation of both superior P Vs and resulted in a smaller non-isolated PW, but the cardiac injury markers were significantly suppressed as compared to CBA. (Source: Heart and Vessels)
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope in patients with unexplained syncope after the implantation of an insertable cardiac monitor
In conclusion, a history of minor injury secondary to syncope and higher BNP levels were independent CS predictors in patients receiving ICM for syncope. These results emphasized the utility of ICM implantation early in the diag nostic journey of patients presenting with CS predictors requiring specific treatments. (Source: Heart and Vessels)
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Contrast-enhanced cine MR sequences in the assessment of myocardial hyperemia in acute myocarditis: can they help? A feasibility study
AbstractThe study was designed to assess the accuracy of contrast-enhanced balanced steady-state free precession (cine-SSFP) CMR imaging sequences to exhibit myocardial hyperemia in acute myocarditis, which has for a long time been investigated in some centers using early gadolinium enhancement (EGE) sequence. Contrast-enhanced cine-SSFP (CESSFP) sequences were compared to precontrast cine-SSFP sequences to calculate the early cine-contrast enhancement in 36 consecutive patients with acute myocarditis and 36 controls matched for age and gender. Four-chamber views images were obtained in each subject before and after gadoli...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Effect of pulmonary vein isolation on rotor/multiple wavelet dynamics in persistent atrial fibrillation, association with vagal response and implications for adjunctive ablation
AbstractPersistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) may develop arrhythmogenic substrates of rotors/multiple wavelets. However, the ways in which pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) affects the dynamics of rotor/multiple wavelets in PeAF patients remain elusive. Real-time phase-mapping (ExTRa mapping, EXT) in the whole left atrium (LA) was performed during PeAF before and after PVI (n = 111). The percentage of time in which rotor/multiple wavelets (phase singularities) was observed during each 5-s phase-mapping recording (non-passive activation ratio, %NP) was measured as an index of its burden. The mapping areas showing %NP â‰...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Subcutaneous versus transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator among drug-induced type-1 ECG pattern Brugada syndrome: a propensity score matching analysis from IBRYD study
In conclusion, our evidence suggests that S-ICD is at least non-inferior to TV-ICD in this population and may also reduce the risk of lead-related complications which can expose the patients to the necessity of lead extractions. (Source: Heart and Vessels)
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Comparison of phrenic nerve injury and its effect on the extrapulmonary vein structures with cryoballoon and hot-balloon ablation systems: considering the lesion created on the superior vena cava as a surrogate marker
AbstractPreventing phrenic nerve injury (PNI) during balloon-based ablation is essential. The superior vena cava-right atrial (SVC-RA) junction is located just opposite the balloon position during right superior pulmonary vein (RSPV) ablation, and the phrenic nerve runs nearby on the lateral side. We compared the occurrence of PNI between the two balloon-based ablation systems and also the lesions created at the SVC-RA junction, which were expected to represent the effect on extra-PV structures. Cryoballoon ablation (CBA,n = 110) and hot-balloon ablation (HBA,n = 90) were performed in atrial fibrillation patients. ...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Atrioventricular block in the setting of cardiac sarcoidosis: further implications
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Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Possibility of steroid therapy without pacemaker implantation in patients with sarcoidosis presenting atrioventricular block: letter to the editor (response to Yalta K et  al.)
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Source: Heart and Vessels - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
