Electrophysiology
The authors present a 75-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion. She was diagnosed with an aortic valve stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a localized A2 prolapse. This case demonstrates a step-by-step transaxillary,...
Introduction As the main source of cardiogenic emboli, left atrial appendage (LAA), accounts for more than 90 percent of embolic strokes (1, 2). It has been referred to as the...
Patients experiencing altered interventricular conduction delay and congestive heart failure often witness an improved quality of life and enhanced ventricular function through biventricular pacing therapies (1). However, intravascular pacemaker leads...
This is a useful manuscript on long-term follow up confirming the findings of the five-year study, with regards to superior survival on CRT than on ICD. The authors discuss the...
An important free-access report on the PARTNER 3 trial that discusses the TAVI-first policy in patietns with Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality risk less than 4% (...
An interesting brief editorial on an experiment revisiting renal denervation as a panacea to cardiovascular disease
...Interesting study of hypertrophied human cardiomyocytes
...A Canadian multi-centre RCT of immediate baloon-cryoablation of the pulmonary veins: the intervention was compared to the relevant standard of pharmacological care. The target population was treatment-naive sufferers of de...
A brief and readable editorial on the United Kingdom prespective on the global impact of the pandemic to the delivery of cardiovascular care, attempting a semi-quantitative economic appraisal of the...
This is a comprehensive review of current strategies for monitoring and protection of the brain during aortic arch surgery under hypothermic circulatory arrest.
...Access to pacemakers and defibrillators is problematic in places with limited resources. A multinational program was initiated in 1983 to provide tested and resterilized pacemakers and defibrillators to underserved nations;...
Another refreshing change of pace with an interesting pre-translational contibution to the genetics of atrial dysrhythmias.
...Given the escalating importance of atrial fibrillation for surgeons, this genomics article may be of considerable interest in future.
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