Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
MRI scanning in patients with new and existing CapSureFix Novus 5076 pacemaker leads: randomized trial results.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be safely performed in patients with magnetic resonance (MR)-conditional pacemaker systems but remains relatively contraindicated with non-MR-conditional pacemaker systems. ⋯ MRI scans can be performed safely without positioning restrictions in patients with Medtronic CapSureFix Novus 5076 leads connected to an MR-conditional pacemaker.
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Automated external defibrillator rescues among children with diagnosed and treated long QT syndrome.
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a potentially lethal yet highly treatable cardiac channelopathy. A comprehensive LQTS-directed treatment program often includes an automated external defibrillator (AED). ⋯ An AED should seldom be necessary in an appropriately treated child with LQTS. Nevertheless, despite only 3 AED rescues in more than 1700 patient-years, an AED can be a lifesaving and cost-effective part of an LQTS patient's comprehensive sudden death prevention program.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in which AF is triggered by hyperactivity of the cardiac autonomic nervous system. Previous studies showed that low-level vagosympathetic trunk stimulation (LLVS), at voltages not slowing sinus rate or AV conduction, inhibits AF by suppressing the cardiac autonomic nervous system. ⋯ LLVS is capable of suppressing ERP shortening and AF induced by OSA. LLVS may serve as a new therapeutic approach to treat OSA-induced AF.
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The earliest activation site (EAS) location in the septal right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) could be an additional mapping data predictor of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) vs RVOT origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). ⋯ An algorithm based on the EAS-PV distance and the 10-ms isochronal longitudinal/perpendicular diameter ratio accurately predicts LVOT vs RVOT SOO in outflow tract VAs with EAS in the septal RVOT.
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Multiple cardiac operations and resultant myocardial scarring have been implicated in the overall reduced performance of epicardial pacing systems in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). ⋯ Epicardial leads had acceptable longevity despite cardiac operations for complex CHD, suggesting the long-term reliability of this pacing method.