Arrhythmias
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the UAE. They discussed the advantages...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following cardiac surgery. One of the major factors predisposing to the development of POAF is inflammation related to pericardial effusions, which may...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Timur Kyashif, a cardiac resident at Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany, about the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac,...
Cardiac surgeons increasingly exclude the left atrial appendage during operations in patients who have never had atrial fibrillation, often because the appendage is accessible and presumed expendable. This Europace Viewpoint...
Interesting study of hypertrophied human cardiomyocytes
...Impressive decrease of death (by approximaltely 40% !) in 2 years from a small RCT in elective structural heart surgery for degeneration. The assumption is a benefit by improvement in...
This month’s update on the economical and general aspects of the ROOBY-FS trial. The conclusion (on no impact of de novo post-CABG AF on the incidence of stroke nor the...
A large RCT concluding that ‘surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage provides additional protection against stroke when added to anticoagulation.’ A number of limitations are briefly discussed. Findings are...
Another refreshing change of pace with an interesting pre-translational contibution to the genetics of atrial dysrhythmias.
...High-Throughput, Contact-Free Detection of Atrial Fibrillation From Video With Deep Learning In this study, one-minute videos including multiple individuals were analyzed for their facial photoplethysmographic signals, permitting accurate detection of...
Interesting succinct note on a major issue, noting a possible association between cardiopulmonary bypass and this common complication.
...Investigators reported, in abstract form, promising results of a single dose of radiotherapy, delivered with electorphysiologic guidance, for managing ventricular tachycardia. Seventy-eight percent of patients had a clinically important reduction...

