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Author(s): Richard Sutton , Michele Brignole Added: 3 years ago
The implantable loop recorder (ILR) is a small device manufactured by Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, which is implanted subcutaneously close to the heart. It has the ability to record the electrical activity of the heart, store rhythm disturbances within set parameters and can be triggered by the patient to store events. The loop recorder is a device with a high diagnostic yield and offers… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Risk Factors for Aortic Dissection
Author(s): Harold Djodjo Kano , Wei Sun Added: 5 months ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
ESC 23: MULTISTARS AMI Trial
Author(s): Barbara Stähli Added: 7 months ago
ESC 2023 — Prof Barbara Stähli (University Hospital Zurich, CH) joins us onsite at ESC 23 to outline the findings of the MULTISTARS AMI Trial (NCT03135275). MULTISTARS AMI aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of two treatment strategies currently performed in clinical practice, immediate complete revascularization versus staged complete revascularization in patients presenting with ST… View more

MI/ACS

Intervention
Author(s): Thomas D Giles Added: 3 years ago
Introduction The concept of 'hypertensionÔÇÖ as a clinical entity has been a work in progress for decades. At some point, the diagnosis of hypertension began to be linked to specific levels of blood pressure. The Joint National Committee (JNCI-JNC7) reports provide a perspective and an understanding that a clearer and precise definition might avoid the dead-end that the current concept of… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
ESC 22: 3 Trials That Will Change Your Practice With Dr Martha Gulati
Author(s): Martha Gulati Added: 1 year ago
ESC Congress 2022 — In this short and practice-focused review, Dr Martha Gulati, Associate Director of the Barbra Streisand Women Heart Center and Director of CVD Prevention(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, US) shares some her thoughts on the top 3 hot line trials. Trials covered in detail include: 00:27: TIME:The Treatment in Morning versus Evening 01:57: SECURE:A polypill strategy in secondary… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
HFA 23: IRONMAN: Anemia, Iron Deficiency and Quality of Life
Author(s): Paul Kalra Added: 10 months ago
ESC-HFA 23 – Prof Paul Kalra (Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK) joins us onsite to discuss the IRONMAN trial (NCT02642562). The IRONMAN trial aimed to study the effectiveness of intravenous iron in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency when compared to standard care. It showed that administration of IV FDI led to lower rates of recurrent heart failure hospitalisations and… View more

Heart Failure
Pedro Brugada
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Atrial Arrhythmias

 Job title: Head of Heart Rhythm Management Centre
Personal History Pedro Brugada Terradellas was born in Girona, Spain on August 11, 1952. Although his parents were both farmers with no connection to medicine, he, along with two of his three siblings, went on to study medicine in Barcelona and specialise in cardiology.1 During his studies, he initially intended to specialise in haematology, but following the birth of his daughter at age 22… View more
Author(s): James L Januzzi Added: 3 years ago
The use of natriuretic peptide testing has dramatically risen recently, in recognition of the value of these blood tests for assisting in the evaluation of patients with suspected heart failure (HF). B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is formed as a consequence of production of a 108-amino-acid precursor peptide that is synthesised within the cardiomyocyte; this 'pro-BNP108' is subsequently cleaved… View more

Heart Failure

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): James L Januzzi Added: 3 years ago
The use of natriuretic peptide testing has dramatically risen recently, in recognition of the value of these blood tests for assisting in the evaluation of patients with suspected heart failure (HF). B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is formed as a consequence of production of a 108-amino-acid precursor peptide that is synthesised within the cardiomyocyte; this 'pro-BNP108' is subsequently cleaved… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Author(s): Paul A Friedman , Stephen C Hammill Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a rhythm disturbance of the atria that results in irregular, chaotic, ventricular waveforms, varying from bradyarrhythmia to tachyarrhythmia. Essentially, all forms of AF therapy can be divided into two categories - restoration and maintenance of normal sinus rhythm, or control of the ventricular rate while permitting on-going fibrillation of the atria. Although… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia