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Defibrillator Positioning; PFA for PVC Ablation; Harvey Weinstein's Heart Surgery

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Not all defibrillator pad positions may work equally well for patients with shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA Network Open) Medical therapy for aortic stenosis? Early clinical data on evogliptin were disappointing.

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Exploring Potential New Treatment for Ventricular Tachycardia

DAIC

If VT is not treated, it can lead to cardiac arrest, which is when the heart stops beating. In fact, VT is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, ablation also destroys healthy heart tissue in the process. Current ablation procedures destroy heart tissue and tend to worsen heart function.

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Rate vs Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Nearly two thirds in the rhythm control strategy were on amiodarone and only 14 had catheter ablation. That is how the strategy of rhythm control by catheter ablation was thought of as a possible better strategy, though technically more challenging, not uniformly effective and having significant risk of complications. N Engl J Med.

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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours. This time, the arrhythmia did not spontaneously terminate — but rather degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation. Some episodes of PMVT would terminate spontaneously — but on many occasions, the PMVT degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation.