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Distinguishing "benign" from "malignant early repolarization": The value of the ST-segment morphology free full text

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Influence of body mass index on quality of life in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing catheter ablation free full text

HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies

Genetic testing is increasingly important in determining potential cardiac conditions in patients and is used in clinical settings more than ever before. To ensure that physicians have up-to-date knowledge of the evolving role of genetic testing for sudden death predisposing, genetic heart diseases in cardiology, which can be life-saving for some patients, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRS) have prepared HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies.
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Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias Arising Near the Anterior Epicardial Veins from the Left Sinus of Valsalva Region: ECG Features, Anatomic Distance And Outcome
03 February 2012
Miguel E. Jauregui Abularach, Bieito Campos, Kyoung-Min Park, Cory M. Tschabrunn, David S. Frankel, Robert E. Park, Edward P. Gerstenfeld, Stavros Mountantonakis, Fermin C. Garcia, Sanjay Dixit, Wendy S. Tzou, Mathew D. Hutchinson, David Lin, Michael P. Riley, Joshua M. Cooper, Rupa Bala, David J. Callans, Francis E. Marchlinski
Abstract: Background: Left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia/premature depolarizations (VT/VPDs) arising near the anterior epicardial veins may be difficult to eliminate through the coronary venou...
Epicardial Ganglionated Plexus Stimulation Decreases Post-Operative Inflammatory Response in Humans
03 February 2012
Pietro Rossi, Alessandro Ricci, Ruggero De Paulis, Elsie Papi, Herribert Pavaci, Daniele Porcelli, Giancarlo Monari, Daniele Maselli, Alessandro Bellisario, Franco Turani, Saverio Nardella, Paolo Azzolini, Gianfranco Piccirillo, Raffaele Quaglione, Sergio Valsecchi, Stefano Bianchi
Abstract: Background: Surgical cardiac revascularization produces a high degree of systemic inflammation and the secretion of several cytokines. Intensive post-operative inflammation may increase the ...
Impairment of trafficking by downregulation of an anchor protein: novel insights into additional mechanisms responsible for heart failure
02 February 2012
Marc A. Vos, Karin R. Sipido
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High Degree Right Bundle Branch Block Obscuring the Diagnosis of Brugada Electrocardiographic Pattern
02 February 2012
Pablo A. Chiale, Hugo A. Garro, Pablo A. Fernández, Marcelo V. Elizari
Abstract: Brugada syndrome is a disorder characterized by sudden death or potentially malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated in the most typical cases with an electrocardiographic (ECG) pat...
R-on-T and Cardiac Arrest from Dual-Chamber Pacing without an Atrial Lead
01 February 2012
Peter M. Schulman, Eric C. Stecker, Marc Rozner
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HRS Policy Statement: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Curriculum: Update 2011
August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 1340-1356)
Mark S. Link, Derek V. Exner, Mark Anderson, Michael Ackerman, Amin Al-Ahmad, Bradley P. Knight, Steven M. Markowitz, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, David Haines, Samuel J. Asirvatham, David J. Callans, J. Paul Mounsey, Frank Bogun, Sanjiv M. Narayan, Andrew D. Krahn, Suneet Mittal, Jagmeet Singh, John D. Fisher, Sumeet S. Chugh
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Smoking and incidence of atrial fibrillation: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 1160-1166)
Alanna M. Chamberlain, Sunil K. Agarwal, Aaron R. Folsom, Sue Duval, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Marietta Ambrose, Lynn E. Eberly, Alvaro Alonso
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline) A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
January 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 1 | Pages 157-176)
L. Samuel Wann, Anne B. Curtis, Craig T. January, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, James E. Lowe, N.A. Mark Estes, Richard L. Page, Michael D. Ezekowitz, David J. Slotwiner, Warren M. Jackman, William G. Stevenson, Cynthia M. Tracy
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HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies: This document was developed as a partnership between the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 1308-1339)
Michael J. Ackerman, Silvia G. Priori, Stephan Willems, Charles Berul, Ramon Brugada, Hugh Calkins, A. John Camm, Patrick T. Ellinor, Michael Gollob, Robert Hamilton, Ray E. Hershberger, Daniel P. Judge, Hervè Le Marec, William J. McKenna, Eric Schulze-Bahr, Chris Semsarian, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Hugh Watkins, Arthur Wilde, Christian Wolpert, Douglas P. Zipes
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