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View article: Boosting anticoagulation adherence in atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: the impact of a simple nudge strategy before elective electrical cardioversion
Boosting anticoagulation adherence in atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: the impact of a simple nudge strategy before elective electrical cardioversion Open
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are important causes of morbidity and increase stroke risk, particularly after conversion to sinus rhythm. Therapeutic anticoagulation for ≥3 weeks reduces this risk to <1%, b…
View article: Environmental impact analysis of ajmaline challenge protocols: a comparative assessment of carbon footprint reduction in Brugada Syndrome diagnosis
Environmental impact analysis of ajmaline challenge protocols: a comparative assessment of carbon footprint reduction in Brugada Syndrome diagnosis Open
Background Climate change is an urgent public health crisis that significantly impacts disease development and health outcomes. The 2022 Lancet Countdown Report revealed that healthcare contributes with 5.2% of global emissions, prompting …
View article: Remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices to predict acute clinical decompensation events
Remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices to predict acute clinical decompensation events Open
Background Heart failure (HF) patients are at constant risk of decompensation, and urgent hospital admissions can be life‐threatening events. Monitoring biological variables has been proved to be an important mechanism to anticipate decomp…
View article: Assessing cardiac resynchronization therapy response in heart failure patients: a comparative analysis of efficacy and outcomes between transvenous and epicardial leads
Assessing cardiac resynchronization therapy response in heart failure patients: a comparative analysis of efficacy and outcomes between transvenous and epicardial leads Open
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an effective treatment for selected heart failure (HF) patients. Although transvenous implantation is the standard method, it is not feasible in some patients, so the epicardial lead emerges as an…
View article: Mitral annular disjunction: Beyond mitral valve prolapse
Mitral annular disjunction: Beyond mitral valve prolapse Open
Mitral annular disjunction (MAD) is an easily identifiable entity on transthoracic echocardiography, but is still poorly recognized or ignored. It is often associated with mitral valve prolapse and is itself a risk marker for ventricular a…
View article: Gender related differences in brugada syndrome
Gender related differences in brugada syndrome Open
Background Brugada syndrome (BS) is a heritable channelopathy with male predominance. Males (M) seem to have a higher risk of arrhythmic events, although, there is limited data regarding gender differences in BS. Aim To compare the differe…
View article: Family screening in brugada syndrome patients
Family screening in brugada syndrome patients Open
Background Brugada syndrome (BS) is a rare inherited channelopathy associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and family screening (FS) of index patients (pts) is recommended. However, data about pts identified through FS is lacking. Aim T…
View article: Device therapy guided by implantable loop recorders: predictors of bradyarrhythmic events
Device therapy guided by implantable loop recorders: predictors of bradyarrhythmic events Open
Background Implantable loop recorders (ILR) improved diagnostic yield in unexplained syncope patients (pts). Data on possible predictive factors for bradycardia requiring device implantation in these pts is limited. We aim to identify clin…
View article: Postmortem genetic testing: Clinical diagnosis is not ended by the patient’s death
Postmortem genetic testing: Clinical diagnosis is not ended by the patient’s death Open
In up to one-third of cases of sudden death, the medico-legal autopsy finding is inconclusive, and the option to perform a molecular autopsy is covered in international guidelines. The importance of postmortem genetic testing lies in its a…
View article: Cardiac Memory, an Underdiagnosed Condition
Cardiac Memory, an Underdiagnosed Condition Open
Introduction Cardiac memory, also termed Chatterjee phenomenon, is a known yet uncommonly recognized entity in which myocardial repolarization is altered after abnormal ventricular activation, such as with artificial pacemakers, intermitte…
View article: Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome
Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome Open
Detection of right heart thrombi (RHT) in the context of pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) is uncommon (4–18%) and increases the risk of mortality beyond the presence of PE alone. Type A thrombi are serpiginous and highly mobile and are thoug…
View article: Central autonomic nervous system response to autonomic challenges is altered in patients with a previous episode of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Central autonomic nervous system response to autonomic challenges is altered in patients with a previous episode of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Open
The central autonomic response to autonomic challenges is altered in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, thus suggesting a dysregulation of the central autonomic nervous system network. Subsequent studies are needed to unveil whether t…