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Management of atrial fibrillation: two decades of progress — a scientific statement from the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. The aim of this review was to evaluate the progress made in the management of AF over the two last decades.

Samuel Lévy, Gerhard Steinbeck, Luca Santini… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2022)

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Clinical classification and the subclinical atrial fibrillation challenge: a position paper of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

Symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) or clinical AF is associated with impaired quality of life, higher risk of stroke, heart failure, and increased mortality. Current clinical classification of AF is based on...

Samuel Lévy, Luca Santini, Riccardo Cappato… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2020)

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Authors’ reply concerning the letter by Ensminger et al.

Michael Weis, Gerhard Steinbeck, Bruno Reichart… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2015)

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Transcatheter Edwards Sapien XT valve in valve implantation in degenerated aortic bioprostheses via transfemoral access

Surgical treatment of degenerated aortic bioprostheses is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in elderly patients with significant co-morbidities. Therefore, transcatheter ...

Martin Greif, Philipp Lange, Helmut Mair… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2012)

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Current state of knowledge and experts’ perspective on the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

ICD implantation is today a well-recognized therapy to prevent sudden cardiac death. The available implantable devices at present need the use of permanent endocavitary leads which may cause, in some instances...

Massimo Santini, Riccardo Cappato… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2009)

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Detection of significant coronary artery stenosis with 64-slice computed tomography in heart transplant recipients: a comparative study with conventional coronary angiography

Purpose The present study evaluates clinical feasibility of cardiac multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCTA) to detect significant stenosis of coronary vessels due to transpl...

Franz von Ziegler, Alexander W. Leber… in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2009)

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The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET)

The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET) is an interdisciplinary national research network funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2003. The AFNET aims at impr...

Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Günter Breithardt, Dobromir Dobrev… in Herz Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen (2008)

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Characteristics of coronary plaques before angiographic progression determined by Multi-Slice CT

The aim of the present study was to characterize coronary plaques by Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (Siemens sensation 16, Forcheim, Germany) before significant angiographic progression occurred and to compar...

Alexander W. Leber, Franz von Ziegler… in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2008)

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Cardiac sarcoidosis concealed by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

A definitive diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis relies on the results of endomyocardial biopsy. In this Case Study Greif et al. describe a patient whose biopsy was negative for sarcoidosis—leading to a diagnosis of...

Martin Greif, Paraskevi Petrakopoulou… in Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Me… (2008)

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Endpunkte für Studien bei Patienten mit Vorhofflimmern

Prof. Dr. med. Paulus Kirchhof… in Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiol… (2007)

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Atrial tachycardias in a growing donor right atrium after pediatric heart transplantation

Dr. Christopher Reithmann, Thomas Remp, Heinrich Netz… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2007)

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Highly Purified Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death After Myocardial Infarction—Aims and Methods of the OMEGA-Study

During the last decades a large body of data has been accumulated indicating omega-3 fatty acids to exert beneficial effects on the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular disease. Especially, omega-3 fatty ...

Bernhard Rauch, Rudolf Schiele, Steffen Schneider… in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (2006)

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Visualising noncalcified coronary plaques by CT

Due to a rapid improvement of the new generation submillimetre multislice CT-technology noninvasive tomographic imaging of the coronary vessel wall has become reality. First clinical studies have shown the abi...

Alexander W Leber, Andreas Knez… in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2005)

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Outcome of Ablation for Sustained Focal Atrial Tachycardia in Patients With and Without a History of Atrial Fibrillation

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the long-term results of ablation for sustained focal atrial tachycardia in patients with and without a history of atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Christopher Reithmann MD, Uwe Dorwarth… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2005)

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Diabetes mellitus Typ 2: Koronarkalk als unabhängiger Prädiktor einer koronaren Herzkrankheit

Die koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK) ist bei Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus für den größten Anteil an Morbidität und Mortalität verantwortlich. Zur Einleitung effektiver Therapieformen ist die frühzeitige und exa...

Dr. Alexander Becker, Andreas Knez, Alexander Leber, Peter Boekstegers… in Herz (2004)

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Herzrhythmusstörungen: Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede

Mit zunehmendem Verständnis der pathophysiologischen Grundlagen von Arrhythmien gewinnen auch Erkenntnisse zu geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden an Bedeutung, die einen Einfluss auf das akute und langfristi...

Prof. Dr. med. Ellen Hoffmann, Andrea Gerth… in Kardiovaskuläre Notfälle bei Frauen (2004)

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Präventive Schrittmacherstimulation und medikamentöse antiarrhythmische Therapie

Maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation is often difficult to achieve with drug therapy alone. To date, new pacing therapies are available to support atrial resynchronizatio...

Sabine Janko, Markus Füller… in Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysi… (2003)