- Palliative Balloon Pulmonary Valvotomy in Tetralogy of Fallot: Is There a Role in 2021
The current treatment practice for Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is to undertake complete surgical repair between 69 months of age with excellent immediate and long-term results. In patients with increas... Read More
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multi-system disorder with an unknown etiology that can affect the cardiac tissue, resulting in Cardiac Sarcoidosis (CS). The majority of these CS cases are clinically silent,... Read More
- Novel PITX2 Homeodomain-Contained Mutations from ATRIAL Fibrillation Patients Deteriorate Calcium Homeostasis
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the human population, with an estimated incidence of 12% in young adults but increasing to more than 10% in 80+ years patients. Pitui... Read More
- For the Evaluation of Pacific Island Athletes, an ECG and Echocardiography Are Highly Recommended
Physical exercise increases the relative risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes when compared to a non-sporting population. Pre-participation evaluation (PPE) of athletes is thus of major impo... Read More
- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Stenting as Palliation of Critical Tetralogy of Fallot: Techniques and Results
Background. Despite current trends toward early primary repair, the surgical systemic-to-pulmonary shunt is still considered the first-choice palliation in patients with critical tetralogy of Fallot (... Read More
- Hidden under the Surface: A Rare Cause of Repeated Syncope in a Patient with Recent Pacemaker Implantation
A 66-year-old woman received a pacemaker implantation because of syncope with documented sinus arrest and junctional bradycardia. Three weeks later the pacemaker analysis revealed episodes of nonsusta... Read More
- Outcomes of Patients Who Have Incidental Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia Identified on Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Interrogation
Background: Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) is an arrhythmia prevalent in both structurally normal and abnormal hearts. Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective clinical audit ... Read More
- BRASH: Case Report and Review of Literature
BRASH syndrome is characterized by bradycardia, renal failure, AV nodal blockade, shock, and hyperkalemia. The proposed mechanism involves a vicious cycle between AV nodal blockers, hyperkalemia, and ... Read More
- Non-Coding RNAs in the Cardiac Action Potential and Their Impact on Arrhythmogenic Cardiac Diseases
Cardiac arrhythmias are prevalent among humans across all age ranges, affecting millions of people worldwide. While cardiac arrhythmias vary widely in their clinical presentation, they possess shared ... Read More
- Excitation and Contraction of the Failing Human Heart In Situ and Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Application of Electrocardiographic Imaging and Speckle Tracking Echo-Cardiography
Despite the success of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for treating heart failure (HF), the rate of nonresponders remains 30%. Improvements to CRT require understanding of reverse remodeling a... Read More
- Computer Modeling of the Heart for ECG Interpretation A Review
Computer modeling of the electrophysiology of the heart has undergone significant progress. A healthy heart can be modeled starting from the ion channels via the spread of a depolarization wave on a r... Read More
- Fractional Flow Reserve Derived from Computer Tomography in Asymptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Albuminuria without Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis A Surrogate for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) patients with albuminuria have coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). Fractional flow reserve assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (FFRct)... Read More
- Early Graft Failure after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Case of Anastomosis Detachment Due to Fibromuscular Dysplasia
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory arteriopathy, considered a rare cause of coronary artery disease. Although familial cases have been described, no specific gene assoc... Read More
- The History and Challenges of SCP-ECG: The Standard Communication Protocol for Computer-Assisted Electrocardiography
Ever since the first publication of the standard communication protocol for computer-assisted electrocardiography (SCP-ECG), prENV 1064, in 1993, by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), S... Read More
- The New ISO/IEC Standard for Automated ECG Interpretation
Updates to industry consensus standards for ECG equipment is a work-in-progress by the ISO/IEC Joint Work Group 22. This work will result in an overhaul of existing industry standards that apply to EC... Read More
- Current ECG Aspects of Interatrial Block
Interatrial blocks like other types of block may be of first degree or partial second degree, also named transient atrial block or atrial aberrancy, and third degree or advanced. In first degree, part... Read More
- Automated ECG Interpretation A Brief History from High Expectations to Deepest Networks
This article traces the development of automated electrocardiography from its beginnings in Washington, DC around 1960 through to its current widespread application worldwide. Changes in the methodolo... Read More
- Electrocardiographic Predictors of Mortality: Data from a Primary Care Tele-Electrocardiography Cohort of Brazilian Patients
Computerized electrocardiography (ECG) has been widely used and allows linkage to electronic medical records. The present study describes the development and clinical applications of an electronic coh... Read More
- Computer Assisted Patient Monitoring: Associated Patient, Clinical and ECG Characteristics and Strategy to Minimize False Alarms
This chapter is a review of studies that have examined false arrhythmia alarms during in-hospital electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring in the intensive care unit. In addition, we describe an annotati... Read More
- Unexplained Syncope: The Importance of the Electrophysiology Study
Syncope of cardiac origin may be associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death if not treated in a timely and appropriate manner. The diagnostic approach of syncope imposes a significant e... Read More
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