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Added: 3 years ago
One-third of Patients Not Receiving Defibrillation in Time Patients are not receiving defibrillation soon enough after initial cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Delay in defibrillation—defined as coming after more than two minutes—is associated with a lower survival rate and lower likelihood of return to spontaneous circulation following… View more

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MI/ACS
Author(s): Malcolm M Bersohn Added: 3 years ago
The usual reason for pacing is to prevent bradycardia, which is most commonly due to sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular (AV) nodal disease. The need for pacing for either of these indications increases progressively with age. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common serious arrhythmia. The incidence of AF also increases progressively with age, and patients with pacemakers may be even more… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Dr Armin Luik is an electrophysiologist at Medical clinic IV, Karlsruhe, Germany. Dr Luik specialises in pacemaker/defibrillator implantations, coronary interventions and mitral valve clipping. View more
Author(s): Charles J Love Added: 3 years ago
Lead extraction is now being recognized as but one lead management strategy. Lead management is a higher level of thinking in terms of how to manage patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) that utilize wires (leads) to sense, pace, and/or defibrillate the heart. Although new leadless systems are beginning to appear, they are still in the investigational stage. Nonetheless,… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Gustavo A Lopera , Anne B Curtis Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac pacing remains the only effective treatment for patients with symptomatic atrioventricular block (AVB). However, recent concern over the detrimental effects of chronic right ventricular (RV) pacing has motivated clinicians to look into the role of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in this group of patients. Chronic RV pacing causes ventricular dyssynchrony, which may lead to atrial… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Tom De Potter
Specialist in Pacemaker Device Therapy and Electrophysiology, Hartcentrum OLV Aalst, Belgium View more
Martin Lowe
Dr Martin Lowe is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, specialising in the treatment of arrhythmias in children with catheter ablation and pacemaker / defibrillator implantation.​ His research interests include ablation strategies in those with arrhythmias accompanying cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease, risk stratification in patients and families predisposed to sudden… View more
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Author(s): Muhammad Asim Shabbir , Pradeep Yadav , Nidhish Tiwari , et al Added: 8 months ago

Imaging & Diagnostics

Intervention
TAVR Optimization
Author(s): Saima Siddique , Resha Khanal , Amit N Vora , et al Added: 2 years ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Jan Steffel
Job title: Senior Consultant in Electrophysiology and Devices
Professor Jan Steffel is a Cardiologist and Senior Consultant in Electrophysiology and Devices at the Hirslanden Clinic in Zurich and Professor of Cardiology at the University of Zurich. He has over 150 publications in international and national journals and is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.He was Associate Editor for the European Heart Journal from 2012 and became Deputy… View more