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Shorten the Blanking Period After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Experts Say

DAIC

Based on continuous monitoring of early recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia immediately after patients have undergone atrial fibrillation ablation, Musat et al. recommend shortening the blanking period from three months to one. Lead author Jonathan M. also emphasize the importance of continuous monitoring.

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NCDR at Heart Rhythm 2024: Pediatric Subcutaneous ICD; Catheter Ablation For Atrial Tachyarrhythmias; More

American College of Cardiology

Several abstracts at Heart Rhythm 2024, held May 16-19 in Boston, MA, featured data from the NCDR suite of registries.

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Corrigendum

HeartRhythm

In the article, “Pulsed field ablation prevents left atrial restrictive physiology after posterior wall isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation” by Ariel Banai and colleagues, published in the August 2024 issue of Heart Rhythm (21;8:1245-1247), the author Disclaimer information was incomplete.

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CHA2DS2-VASc Score Guides Oral Anticoagulation in Patients With SCAF

American College of Cardiology

The baseline CHA2DS2-VASc score helped to identify patient with subclinical atrial fibrillation (SCAF) in whom the benefit for reducing the risk of stroke and systemic embolism (SE) with an oral anticoagulant (OAC) was greater than the risk of increased major bleeding, according to a subgroup analysis from the ARTESiA study presented at Heart Rhythm (..)

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Paced QRS morphology mimicking complete left bundle branch block induced by right ventricular pacing is associated with pacing?induced cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Complete left bundle branch block (CLBBB)-like QRS morphology of right ventricular pacing at pacemaker implantation satisfying the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society criteria of CLBBB was associated with development of pacing induced cardiomyopathy.

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification Hello friends, this is the modified version of my talk at Indian Heart Rhythm Society Conference, New Delhi, 2023, on Brugada Syndrome. Josep Brugada way back in 2001 for the inaugural issue of IPEJ, along with his review article. Heart Rhythm. mV or R/q ≥ 0.75.

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The 3 biggest challenges in analyzing ECG signals – see if you are also struggling with them. (Part 3).

Cardiomatics

In this series of articles, we have already revealed two major challenges that cardiologists are struggling with in their daily practice. It can only suggest that there are some heart rhythm abnormalities in the signal, but it does not indicate where they are, how long they last, or what they really mean in terms of the whole signal.