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Author(s): Henry Chubb , John Whitaker , Steven E Williams , et al Added: 3 years ago
Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale Nomenclature The atrial septum is a complex structure, with the true septum comprised of two layers containing a potential flap valve. The septum primum extends from caudal to cranial within the atria, on the left side of the septum secundum. The septum secundum is a crescent-shaped infolding of the atrial roof, extending from the anterosuperior… View more

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Michael J Mullen
Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Personal History Dr Mullen is a consultant cardiologist based in London, UK. Academic History Dr. Mullen completed his higher cardiology training in Sheffield, London and Toronto, Canada. He holds an MB BS from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and graduated with his MD from the University of London in 2001.1 Career Overview Dr Mullen is a consultant cardiologist with… View more
Chad Kliger
Job title: Director, Structural Heart Disease of Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Structural and Congenital Heart Disease, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute – North Shore/LIJ Health System, New York, US. Dr Chad A Kliger serves as Associate Editor for US Cardiology Review. View more
Author(s): Marwan M Refaat , Jad Ballout , Moussa Mansour Added: 3 years ago
Although there is no formal database of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States, the prevalence and incidence of CHD can be estimated and extrapolated from data in the Canadian providence.1 As such, the prevalence of CHD in the United States has been estimated in 2010 to be around 2.4 million people (1.4 million adults and 1 million children), with an incidence of between… View more

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Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s): Carina Blomström-Lundqvist , Tatjana S Potpara , Helena Malmborg Added: 3 years ago
With the advent of successful surgical repairs and modern diagnostic techniques, an increasing number of patients with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood. Despite these improvements, the surgical corrective atrial incisions performed during childhood lead to subsequent myocardial scarring that have the inherent risk of harbouring substrates for macro-reentrant atrial tachycardias … View more

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Ablation of Arrhythmias in Patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s): Rodrigo Gallardo Lobo , Michael Griffith , Joseph De Bono Added: 3 years ago
Around 0.8% of live births are affected by some type of congenital heart disease; 30–50% of whom will need one or more surgical interventions, generally during early childhood, involving in some cases complex corrections with patches, baffles or extracardiac circuits.1,2 As a result of advances in surgical interventions, the life expectancy of patients with congenital heart disease has… View more

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Author(s): Demosthenes G Katritsis , Giuseppe Boriani , Francisco G Cosio , et al Added: 3 years ago
Endorsed by Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardiaca y Electrofisiologia (SOLAECE) This is an executive summary of the full consensus document on the management of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) patients published in Europace. The consensus document was prepared by a Task Force from the European Heart Rhythm… View more

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Author(s): Charlotte Brouwer , Mark G Hazekamp , Katja Zeppenfeld Added: 3 years ago
The reported incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) depends on the number of trivial lesions included, such as atrial and ventricular septal defects (ASDs and VSDs). Moderate-to-severe CHD numbers remain stable with 6 per 1,000 live births.1 Survival into adulthood has improved dramatically over the last 25 years and has been driven mainly by a decreased mortality in moderate and severe… View more

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Atrial Fibrillation Structural Substrates: Aetiology, Identification and Implications
Author(s): Ahmed M Al-Kaisey , Ramanathan Parameswaran , Jonathan M Kalman Added: 3 years ago
AF is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Since the first description of AF initiation by triggers from pulmonary veins sleeves, pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has become the standard ablation strategy in patients with AF.1 However, freedom from the arrhythmia, particularly in non-paroxysmal AF, remains suboptimal, and it is… View more

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Author(s): Steven M Markowitz , George Thomas , Christopher F Liu , et al Added: 3 years ago
Pioneering electrophysiology studies in the 1990s defined the anatomical boundaries of typical atrial flutter, identified regions for effective catheter ablation of this arrhythmia and described procedural endpoints to minimise recurrences after ablation. Activation and entrainment mapping demonstrated that typical flutter arises from reentry around the tricuspid annulus.1 Criteria to confirm… View more

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