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Utility of Left and Right Ventricular Strain in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Prospective Multicenter Registry

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic utility of LV and RV strain in ARVC.METHODS:Patients with suspected ARVC (n = 109) from a multicenter registry were clinically phenotyped using the 2010 ARVC Revised Task Force Criteria and underwent baseline strain echocardiography. years, and 48% of patients were female.

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Abstract 4144461: The Impact of Vitamin D Status on Driveline Infections and Cerebral Vascular Accidents in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Circulation

Introduction:Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become an increasingly common treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure, serving as either a bridge to transplantation or destination therapy. During the study period, 36 patients (27.5%) underwent transplant or expired, and there were 32 DLI and 7 CVA events.

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Prognostic value of three iron deficiency definitions in patients with advanced heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

We evaluated three definitions of ID in patients referred for heart transplantation. Methods and results Consecutive patients assessed for heart transplantation at a single UK centre between January 2010 and May 2022 were included.

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Dofetilide for the treatment of premature ventricular complexes and ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Among the 32 patients with PVCs who successfully started dofetilide, the mean PVC burden decreased from 2010% to 88% at a median follow-up of 2.6 The composite outcome of VT/VF recurrence, heart transplantation, or death occurred in 6/12 patients (50%) without dofetilide and 49/69 patients (71%) with dofetilide. months ( p <.001).

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Asia’s first “Live” liver donor gets successful high risk beating heart bypass surgery

Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

Mr Syed was Asia’s first “Live” liver donor for a liver transplant operation. He next underwent stenting in his coronary arteries in 2000, 2010 and 2012 at Pune. He had donated his left lobe of liver for his elder brother in 1998, at a corporate hospital in New Delhi. He himself developed heart disease a couple of years later.

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Catheter ablation of typical atrial flutter improves cardiac chamber size and function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 468 patients who underwent ablation for CTI dependent typical AFL at a single institution between 2010 and 2019. Echocardiographic data were analyzed at baseline before ablation, and at early follow-up within 1-year postablation.

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A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Here is a 2017 review article on ARVD in the New England Journal There is a 2010 publication by the Task Force in Diagnosis of ARVD: Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: proposed modification of the task force criteria. The diagnosis is not easy (see below). J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp.