American College of Cardiology

JUNE 5, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at anticoagulation for post-operative atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. He then examines a meta-analysis of invasive vs. conservative management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes with previous coronary artery bypass grafting.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is highly prevalent in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), and the severity of OSA appears to worsen following septal myoectomy. vs. 27.77 ± 3.26, p<0.001), a higher proportion of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and history of smoking.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 23, 2024

The EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE Expert Consensus on Atrial Cardiomyopathies published in 2017 defined atrial cardiomyopathy as “any complex of structural, architectural, contractile, or electrophysiological changes affecting the atria.”1

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Atrial cardiomyopathy is a condition that causes electrical and contractile dysfunction of the atria, often along with structural and functional changes.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e012191, November 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:The cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in the young is highly varied. Six (21%) patients had clinical atrial fibrillation (1 with shortest preexcited RR interval <250 ms).

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 30, 2024

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder with a guarded prognosis which occurs in about 1:500 individuals. The most common symptom of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is dyspnoea which occurs in 90% of cases and is due to elevated left ventricular diastolic pressures as a consequence of the diastolic dysfunction.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

AF is the most common sustained arrhythmia in HCM. The ability of predicting AF in the HCM population is limited.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The advent of transseptal puncture has enabled the study of atrial fibrillation mechanisms, while epicardial access has enabled exploration of the epicardium in ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation [VF]).1,2

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between the treatment groups and hospital readmission within 90 days.Results:Only 517 AA met inclusion criteria and did not meet exclusion criteria, which included a history of valvular heart disease, hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, history of cardiac arrest, and (..)

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Heart Failure Cardiac Arrest Kidney Disease Atrial Fibrillation 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Note: Due to the limited number of normally conducted beats — it is hard to be sure whether the underlying rhythm is sinus with baseline artefact or atrial fibrillation. Note: The patient while on telemetry had alternating atrial fibrillation, sinus rhythm with 1st degree AV block and also periods of Wenckebach conduction.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This can initiate ventricular arrhythmias like polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT).

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Wellnest

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation causes irregular heartbeat, and the heart's normal blood supply is affected. Since atrial fibrillation can also be intermittent, such patients should continuously monitor their heart activity while performing daily activities with a portable ECG device.

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DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

By 1909 ECGs were being used to diagnose cases of arrhythmia; by 1910 to diagnose indicators of a heart attack. to develop an AI-algorithm for identifying and triaging patients with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition currently undetected in 80% of cases.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

T-wave alternans and the susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. Chronic amiodarone evokes no torsade de pointes arrhythmias despite QT lengthening in an animal model of acquired long-QT syndrome. Both ST segment and T wave alternans have been known to precede malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

It is dangerous in WPW with atrial fibrillation. In Atrial Fibrillation, the tachycardia will always be irregularly irregular. In my opinion — it is a mistake to interpret arrhythmias in strict "binary" fashion — since rather than "either/or" — optimal interpretation is more of a probability statement.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

While traditionally described as “benign early repolarization”, they have been associated with J wave syndromes along with Brugada syndrome, causing ventricular arrhythmias (1, 2). The relationship between J wave and ventricular tachycardia during Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 2004 Antzelevitch C, Yan G.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

They had a history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (EF 30%), as well as PCI with one stent. Detail of Flutter waves The rate of the flutter waves matches the rate of the WCT (about 200/m), proving that the presenting WCT had been 1:1 atrial flutter. The subsequent EP study could not induce VT, only atrial fibrillation.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Introduction Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) is a subtype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that affects up to 25% of Asian patients and is not as well understood in non-Asian patients.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

She also has a hx of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and is on oral anticoagulant treatment. There is almost always the possibility of exceptions ( ie, prior infarction or cardiomyopathy that might result in a very abnormal baseline tracing ). The last echocardiography 12 months ago showed HFmrEF.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy 30 days from the stroke. 1.34]), atrial fibrillation (HR, 1.11 [95% CI, 1.09–1.13]), 1.13]), ventricular arrhythmias (HR, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.30–1.46]),

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 13, 2020

He had a h/o ischemic cardiomyopathy and right MCA stroke. He was brought to the critical care area where these rhythms were seen on the monitor: Wide complex tachycardia with no apparent P-waves, and very irregular Consistent with atrial fibrillation with aberrancy A Regular wide complex tachycardia.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Updated Mayo Clinic HCM Genotype Predictor Score: Iuri Ferreira Felix, MD (USA) presented the updated Mayo Clinic HCM Genotype Predictor Score, a valuable screening tool for identifying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with a high likelihood of testing positive for genetic mutations. Read the published study.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Both ST segment and T wave alternans have been known to precede malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Conduction and refractoriness alternans may be seen with WPW-related as well as AV Nodal-dependent reentr y tachycardias — atrial fibrillation — acute pulmonary embolus — myocardial contusion — and severe LV dysfunction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 6, 2020

The absence of any wall motion abnormality makes ischemic cardiomyopathy very unlikely. The new onset cardiomyopathy was thought to be due to both drug/alcohol use and to Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy. after atrial surgery • Not stopped by adenosine (0/13 pts, incl. Mild to moderate mitral regurgitation.

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