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REACTION REGISTRY: an observational registry to evaluate the clinical benefits of the Bluetooth technology applications in a patient population implanted with standard indication for implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Author Correction: Reply to: Capturing stochasticity properly is key to understanding the nuances of the Living Planet Index
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Reply to: Capturing stochasticity properly is key to understanding the nuances of the Living Planet Index
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Open AccessSynergistic effects of habitat fragmentation and hunting on the extinction risk of neotropical primates
Habitat fragmentation and overexploitation of natural resources are the most prevalent and severe threats to biodiversity in tropical forests. Several studies have estimated the effect of these threats on spec...
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Open AccessA species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond
Knowledge of species’ functional traits is essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, predicting the impacts of global environmental changes, and assessing the efficiency of conservation measures. Bats...
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Open AccessClimate change may cause the extinction of the butterfly Lasiommata petropolitana in the Apennines
Climate change represents a threat to narrow-ranged mountain species living in low-altitude massifs. We studied the disjunct Apennine population of Lasiommata petropolitana (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Gran ...
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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.
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Random population fluctuations bias the Living Planet Index
The Living Planet Index (LPI) is a standardized indicator for tracking population trends through time. Due to its ability to aggregate many time series in a single metric, the LPI has been proposed as an indic...
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The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates
Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large animals, but the extent to which this so-called ‘island rule’ provides a general explanation for evolutionary trajectories...
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Single- and multi-site pacing strategies for optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy: impact on device longevity and therapy cost
Multiple left ventricular pacing strategies have been suggested for improving response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). However, these programming strategies may sometimes entail accepting configura...
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Open AccessBlockage of interleukin-1β with canakinumab in patients with Covid-19
There is the urgent need to study the effects of immunomodulating agents as therapy for Covid-19. An observational, cohort, prospective study with 30 days of observation was carried out to assess clinical outc...
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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...
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ICD-measured heart sounds and their correlation with echocardiographic indexes of systolic and diastolic function
Novel implantable defibrillators (ICDs) allow first (S1) and third (S3) heart sounds to be measured by means of an embedded accelerometer. ICD-measured S1 and S3 have been shown to significantly correlate with...
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Arrhythmias and sleep apnea: physiopathologic link and clinical implications
Available evidence suggests a pathogenetic role of sleep breathing disorders in both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias with non-negligible clinical implications. Scientific literature has reported convincing ...
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Feasibility of automated detection of sleep apnea using implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: a comparison with simultaneous polysomnography recording
Sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) have been associated with adverse cardiovascular events and prognosis. Some modern pacemakers (PMK) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are equipped with ...
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European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society Statement on the cardiovascular events associated with the use or abuse of energy drinks
Energy drinks are increasingly used by young people and young athletes in order to improve their performance alone or in association of other substances, particularly alcohol. In recent years, a number of repo...
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Open AccessLow Levels of Fruit Nitrogen as Drivers for the Evolution of Madagascar’s Primate Communities
The uneven representation of frugivorous mammals and birds across tropical regions – high in the New World, low in Madagascar and intermediate in Africa and Asia – represents a long-standing enigma in ecology....
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Sexual-size dimorphism in two synanthropic rat species: Comparison and eco-evolutionary perspectives
Sexual dimorphism is a common trait in many mammal species and sexual-size dimorphism (SSD) repre-sents its commonest form. Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus are two cosmopolitan, polygynous species, for which ...
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Dietary Flexibility and Feeding Strategies of Eulemur: A Comparison with Propithecus
Despite the great variety of habitats in Madagascar, Eulemur has successfully populated most forested habitats on the island. Although the high dietary flexibility of Eulemur is often credited as one of the drive...
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Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Activity Patterns in Eulemur
The ultimate determinants of cathemerality, i.e., activity spread over the 24-h cycle, in primates have been linked to various ecological factors. Owing to the fast rate of habitat modification, it is imperati...
