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Jan 21st, 2022 - Background The extent of cardiac dysfunction post-COVID-19 varies, and there is a lack of data on arrhythmic burden. Methods and Results This was a combined multicenter prospective cohort study and cross-sectional case-control study. Cardiac funct...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in early December 2019 and was declared a pandemic on March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 infection is produced by binding to ACE2, which among other sites is highly expressed in the endothelial ce...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia globally and a major risk factor for ischemic strokes, transient ischemic attacks, increased morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for AF include diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypertensio...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Ablation Index (AI) is a multi-parametric quality marker to assess durability of radiofrequency (RF) lesions. The comparative effectiveness and safety of AI versus time-based energy dosing for ablation of ventricular arrhythmias is unknown. We com...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Mutations leading to truncations of the large sarcomeric protein titin was discovered in 2012 as the most prevalent genetic cause of familial dilated cardiomyopathy, affecting approximately 25% of all cases of familial dilated cardiomyopathy. The ...

Dec 12th, 2020 - As our understanding of the complications of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) evolve, subclinical cardiac pathology such as myocarditis, pericarditis, and right ventricular dysfunction in the absence of significant clinical symptoms represents ...

Nov 7th, 2020 - Blunt cardiac injuries range from myocardial concussion (commotio cordis) leading to fatal ventricular arrhythmias to myocardial contusion, cardiac chamber rupture, septal rupture, pericardial rupture, and valvular injuries. Blunt injuries account...

Aug 21st, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented substantial challenges to patient care and impacted health care delivery, including cardiac electrophysiology practice throughout the globe. Based upon the undetermined course and regional variabil...

Jun 20th, 2020 - European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consensus on risk assessment in cardiac arrhythmias: use the right tool for the right ...

Jun 17th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented substantial challenges to patient care and impacted health care delivery, including cardiac electrophysiology practice throughout the globe. Based upon the undetermined course and regional variabil...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in early December 2019 and was declared a pandemic on March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 infection is produced by binding to ACE2, which among other sites is highly expressed in the endothelial ce...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia globally and a major risk factor for ischemic strokes, transient ischemic attacks, increased morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for AF include diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypertensio...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Mutations leading to truncations of the large sarcomeric protein titin was discovered in 2012 as the most prevalent genetic cause of familial dilated cardiomyopathy, affecting approximately 25% of all cases of familial dilated cardiomyopathy. The ...

Jan 14th, 2022 - In patients with scar in the hearts after heart attacks, the risk for dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, including sudden death is high. This is because dead muscle fibers are replaced by scar tissue, creating a physiological condition promoting ab...

Jan 14th, 2022 - Adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and without known atrial fibrillation or pacemaker/implantable cardiac defibrillation will undergo implantable loop recorder implantation. No direct interventions will be performed. Prospective obser...

Jan 20th, 2022 - Patients recovering from COVID-19 showed cardiac dysfunction on transthoracic echocardiography 3 to 4 months after hospital discharge, according to a Norwegian study. Compared with matched controls, 204 COVID patients had worse right ventricular l...

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Jan 4th, 2022 - A new analysis of cardiovascular adverse drug reactions for non–small cell lung cancer (NCSLC)–targeted therapies finds that ALK and ROS1 inhibitors are associated with higher odds of conduction disease and QT prolongation than BRAF and EGFR inhib.

Jan 3rd, 2022 - Use of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) significantly increased the risk of early onset hypertension (HTN) and was associated with long-term risk of developing other major cardiotoxic events in patients with B-cell malignancies, according to findings of a re...

Dec 28th, 2021 - The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways The incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) remains elevated for up to 1 year following COVID-19. The incidence of cardiovas...