HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT) has been shown to decrease the risk of VT recurrence and hospitalization. However, a critical gap exists in national-level data assessing its impact on hospital outcomes in patients with acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

2 at this year's ESC Congress 2024.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The goals of the current scientific research on ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation included studies to prove the benefit of early ablation on heart failure progression and mortality and the need to better characterize and treat heterogeneous deep VT substrates.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2024

Sacubitril/valsartan can improve outcomes for patients with heart failure and ventricular tachycardia, but few studies examined whether it can reduce recurrence or improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Predicting the anticipated benefit and selecting the optimal timing of catheter ablation of recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with severe heart failure (HF) can be challenging.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Electrical storm (ES) is associated with a high mortality, leads to recurrent hospitalization due to heart failure or ICD therapy deliveries. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation has demonstrated efficacy in lowering VT recurrences but prompt ablation is challenging and the exact timing still unknown.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a unique cardiomyopathy, which is potentially reversible. Investigating miRNA changes in TIC could aid in developing novel therapies and serve as biomarkers, aiming to reduce heart failure and transplantation burdens.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 6, 2024

Cardio-oncology is a new field of interest in cardiology focusing on the detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, such as arrhythmias, myocarditis, and heart failure, as side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The association between chemotherapeutic agents and arrhythmias has previously been established.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 19, 2024

We present a patient with a history of heart failure and metallic aortic and mitral valves surgeries, who required ablation for a drug-refractory left ventricular tachycardia. But the metallic valves prohibite.

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HeartRhythm

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Ivabradine is an anti-arrhythmic agent that reduces the heart rate through inhibition of the pacemaker current of the sinoatrial node. It has been used to treat both inappropriate sinus tachycardia and sinus tachycardia related to heart failure in children and adults.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

With advancements in ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation, maintaining end-organ perfusion and hemodynamic stability is paramount.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CM) is often accompanied by atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFL), and atrial tachycardia (AT), which are difficult to control because beta-blockers and antiarrhythmic drugs can worsen heart failure (HF).

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JAMA Cardiology

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A man in his 50s with recurrent palpitations, fatigue, and progressive exertion dyspnea had irregular narrow-QRS tachycardia in an incessant, repetitive fashion with heart rates up to 180 beats per minute and occasional short runs of wide-QRS tachycardia on Holter monitoring and 12-lead electrocardiogram.

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Heart BMJ

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

She was noted to be in heart failure, with hypotension and tachycardia. With decompensated heart failure and adequate prior anticoagulation, the patient underwent direct current synchronised cardioversion for her arrhythmia. Echocardiography demonstrated severe calcific mitral stenosis with pulmonary hypertension.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers found radiation therapy can improve outcomes in patients with ventricular tachycardia.

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Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 16, 2024

MY Thoughts on this CASE: Not being there — I am unaware of physical exam parameters ( blood pressure, respiratory rate; oxygen saturation; heart and lung auscultation, etc. ). I see the following: There is sinus tachycardia ( upright P wave with fixed PR interval in lead II ) — at the rapid rate of ~130/minute.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 5, 2024

Her heart rate was very fast, so we obtained an ECG immediately: ECG: What do you think? There is a regular wide complex tachycardia. Remember : Adenosine is safe in Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia. Rather, from this one: Very Fast Very Wide Complex Tachycardia Ideally, one would cardiovert.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

His medical history includes hypertension, a decade-long battle with diabetes, ischemic heart disease, a coronary bypass graft surgery ten years ago, a diagnosis of congestive heart failure for the last five years, and a prior ICD implantation five years ago. What is the rhythm? Smith : Are they P-waves?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The above ECGs show the initiation and continuation of a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia can be ischemic, catecholaminergic or related to QT prolongation. NT-pro-BNP peaked at 4831, consistent with heart failure. Below are two ECGs from the telemetry monitoring.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Introduction Heart transplantation (HT) is the only treatment option in children with heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathies and non-reparable congenital heart diseases. One patient developed a complete AV block during acute rejection at 76 months and received a temporary pacemaker.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

AUGUST 2, 2023

Circulation: Heart Failure, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e010406, November 1, 2023.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MAY 1, 2024

CRT is used in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. According to the Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction has left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less. CRT stands for cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Patients with anterior LV aneurysm usually have poor LV function and heart failure. A Closer LOOK at the ECG in Figure-1: The ECG in Figure-1 shows sinus tachycardia — with QRS widening due to complete RBBB. If it is subacute, the first troponin will be elevated, so a rapid troponin can be helpful.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 17, 2025

ABSTRACT Atrial flutter (AFL), defined as macro-re-entrant atrial tachycardia, is associated with debilitating symptoms, stroke, heart failure, and increased mortality. Atypical AFL is a heterogenous group of re-entrant atrial tachycardias that most commonly occur in patients with prior heart surgery or catheter ablation.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Early treatment of persistent AF can reduce the risk of blood clots, stroke, and heart failure, and may prevent the disease from becoming permanent. Patients are often treated with AADs as frontline therapy for heart rhythm maintenance, though some can experience adverse effects and limited efficacy.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Primary outcome was risk of ischemic stroke while secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality (ACM), heart failure, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), atrial fibrillation (AF), and ventricular tachycardia (VT).Result:After 0.46), P<0.01), AMI after 1 year (RR, 0.55(95%CI:

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

I focus my thoughts on a qualitative approach to these 3 pre-hospital ECGs — all obtained from patients presenting with acute CP ( C hest P ain ). == ECG #1 — from a 70-ish year old Woman with acute CP and Dyspnea The rhythm is sinus tachycardia at a surprisingly rapid rate of ~115/minute.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 30, 2024

Arrhythmias : A leadless pacemaker-defibrillator system provides antitachycardia pacing for ventricular tachycardia in patients with subcutaneous ICDs. Coronary Heart Disease : Initiate beta-blockers in patients with acute MI and normal LVEF unless contraindicated or if they have heart failure.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

He was counseled to abstain from cannabis use.Conclusion:At low to moderate doses, cannabis can lead to a surge in sympathetic activity causing tachycardia and hypertension, while parasympathetic activity is predominant at higher doses, causing bradycardia and hypotension. Patient did not report any symptoms and was hemodynamically stable.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 20, 2024

But while compressing here in a patient with heart failure, it can elicit pain because there could be tender hepatomegaly in patients with heart failure. That occurs in right heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. One is ventricular tachycardia with regular retrograde activation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Written by Bobby Nicholson MD, with edits by Meyers A woman in her 50s with past medical history of heart failure, prior stroke, atrial fibrillation on Eliquis, lung cancer in remission, and CKD, presented to the emergency department for evaluation of cough and shortness of breath. What do you think? References: 1. Khouzam RN.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 30, 2024

This is one important cause of supraventricular tachycardia in Ebstein’s anomaly. Ebstein’s anomaly may present with a murmur for evaluation in the pediatric age group or in adults with arrhythmias or heart failure with cyanosis and exercise intolerance.

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AMS Cardiology

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cardioversion is used to correct abnormal heart rhythms, also known as arrhythmias. When your heart beats too quickly, too slow, or irregularly, it can affect your blood flow and lead to severe complications like stroke or heart failure. Cardioversions can help “reset” your heart rhythm to its regular pattern.

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Ken Grauer, MD

MAY 20, 2023

NOTE: It's important to correlate ongoing circumstances at the time that a prior tracing was done ( ie, Was the patient stable and asymptomatic — or were they having chest pain, an exacerbation of heart failure, or some other ongoing process at the time the prior ECG was recorded? ).

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EMS 12-Lead

MARCH 19, 2023

He denied any known medical history, specifically: coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart failure, myocardial infarction, or any prior PCI/stent. Breath sounds were clear in all lung fields. No appreciable skin pallor. He reported to be a social drinker, but used tobacco products daily.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

There was a normal creatinine and no evidence of heart failure and no other reason for chronic injury, so it must be acute. The patient had no hypertension, no tachycardia, a normal hemoglobin, no drug use, no hypotension/shock, no murmur of aortic stenosis. If it is MI, is it type 1 or type 2? Is it STEMI or NonSTEMI?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

For practical purposes — the overwhelming majority of regular SVT rhythms seen in an emergency setting will turn out to be one of the following 4 diagnoses on this LIST: i ) Sinus Tachycardia; ii ) A reentry SVT rhythm ( ie, AVNRT or AVRT ) ; iii ) ATach ( = A trial T achycardia ) ; or , iv ) AFlutter ( A trial F lutter ).

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