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Maria Antonella Ruffino
Job title: Vascular Interventional Radiologist
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Author(s):
Sonika Malik
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Anju Bhardwaj
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Matthew Eisen
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3 years ago
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and serious manifestation of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. The incidence is estimated to be 50 per 100,000 but increases to 500 per 100,000 in the elderly.1 There is a wide spectrum of clinical severity with mortality estimates of 1–2 % in stable individuals and up to 30 % in patients presenting…
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Muhammad Asim Shabbir
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Pradeep Yadav
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Nidhish Tiwari
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et al
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7 months ago
Robert A Lookstein
Job title: Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Diagnostic, Molecular, and Interventional Radiology
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Author(s):
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
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2 years ago
In this interview, Dr Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, KS, US) discusses the outcomes of the multicenter Susruta-IST Registry, which aimed to report upon the outcomes of sinus node sparing surgical thoracoscopic hybrid ablation (SUSRUTA) for inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST).
Questions:
1. Please summarise the aim, study design and endpoints?
2. What…
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Jonathan N Johnson
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Frank Cetta
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3 years ago
The last 60 years have seen significant changes in the care of congenital heart disease for both pediatric and adult patients. Increasing patient survival rates have widened the number and scope of potential patients seen by congenital cardiologists.1 These patients often undergo multiple surgeries, particularly since few lesions are truly ‘repaired.’ The majority of patients will have residua or…
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Author(s):
RJ Kanter
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3 years ago
Introduction
Compared with patients with structurally normal hearts, there is an even greater need to suppress pathologic tachycardias in patients with congenital heart disease. The decrease in diastolic filling time and potential loss of atrioventricular (AV) synchrony are more poorly tolerated in these patients, proportionate to the degree of underlying systolic and diastolic dysfunction…
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Adam E Saltman
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3 years ago
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the chaotic and disorganized activity of the upper chambers of the heart, is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance. It affects approximately 1% of the US population, or almost three million people. It occurs more frequently in the aged, affecting about 5% of people over 70 and as many as 10% of people over the age of 80. AF is also considered to…
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Charles J Love
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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,…
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