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Author(s):
Mark Elliott
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Sheikh Momin
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Barnaby Fiddes
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et al
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3 years ago
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an expanding neurosurgical treatment for refractory neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, with over 120,000 devices implanted worldwide.1 The rate of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation is rising annually, with 739 pacemaker implants per million and 141 ICD implants per million in western Europe in 2015.2…
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Author(s):
Shane E Loeffler
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Natalia A Trayanova
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1 year ago
Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia
Author(s):
Thomas Jared Bunch
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Oxana Galenko
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Kevin G Graves
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et al
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Pasquale Vergara
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Savino Altizio
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Giulio Falasconi
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Vijayabharathy Kanthasamy
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Richard Schilling
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3 years ago
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the novel betacoronavirus officially named by the WHO as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has spread rapidly globally since the first case reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has now affected more than 12million people worldwide, with varying fatality rates across different countries.1 The clinical…
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Ep 3: Atrial Fibrillation in Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s):
Irene Martín de Miguel
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2 years ago
Podcast Episode
Author(s):
Henry Chubb
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Mark O’Neill
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Eric Rosenthal
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3 years ago
Device therapy is increasingly employed in the management of complex congenital heart disease (CHD). Bradycardias, most often related to sinus nodal dysfunction (SND) or atrioventricular nodal (AVN) block, may necessitate the implantation of pacing devices, while malignant arrhythmias may be treated by appropriate use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). However, there is a complex…
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Author(s):
Moinuddin Choudhury
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Mark R Boyett
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Gwilym M Morris
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3 years ago
The sinoatrial or sinus node (SAN) is the heart’s natural pacemaker. Located in the superior right atrium, it automatically produces cyclical electrical activity to initiate each heartbeat in normal sinus rhythm. SAN dysfunction (SND) in humans, also known as ‘sick sinus syndrome’, can manifest as pathological bradycardia and asystolic pauses. As a result, SND can lead to symptoms of reduced…
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Author(s):
Philippe Charron
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Eloisa Arbustini
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Gisèle Bonne
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3 years ago
Most mutations of the LMNA gene affect the heart, causing a dilated cardiomyopathy, ususally with conduction defect and ventricular arrhythmia, with or without skeletal muscle involvement. Although a relatively rare disease, cardiologists should be aware of laminopathies (diseases caused by LMNA gene mutations) because of the particularly aggressive course compared with most other…
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Author(s):
Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
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Tatjana S Potpara
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Helena Malmborg
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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 …
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