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Posttransplant atrial fibrillation: Evidence of early posttransplant recipient?to?donor atrioatrial connections

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract Introduction Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter originating from the donor s heart is a commonly reported complication post heart transplant. Case A 47-year-old male presented with atrial tachycardia 6 months post heart transplant.

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Resynchronization-defibrillation for heart failure shows long-term benefits

Cardiology Update

The primary outcome was death from any cause, and the secondary outcome included a composite of death, heart transplantation, or ventricular assist device implantation. At a mean (±SD) follow-up of 40±20 months, CRT showed a significantly lower risk of death or hospitalization due to heart failure.

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Phenotypes in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Heart failure, heart transplantation and death by cardiac causes were more often seen in individuals with biventricular phenotype compared to isolated left or right ventricular phenotype.

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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

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. Dofetilide had to be discontinued in 50/69 patients (72%) due to inefficacy or intolerance.

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

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

After excluding patients with congenital or rheumatic heart disease, heart transplant recipients, or those without baseline echocardiogram, a total of 130 patients were included in the analysis. Echocardiographic data were analyzed at baseline before ablation, and at early follow-up within 1-year postablation.

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Highlights of ACC 2024

Cardiology Update

The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, left ventricular assist device (LVAD)/heart transplantation, HF hospitalizations, worsening HF, and KCCQ score changes. RELIEVE-HF 7 ( NCT03499236 ) evaluated the efficacy and safety of the V-wave interatrial shunt system in patients with HF.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Hunter Mehaffey Distressed communities are associated with worse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery August 2019 Meghana Helder Regional and Temporal Trends in the Outcomes of Repairs for Acute Type A Aortic Dissections The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2019 Derrick Tam Surgical valve (..)