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Open AccessLeft Ventricular Segmentation, War**, and Myocardial Registration for Automated Strain Measurement
The left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is a crucial prognostic indicator. However, inconsistencies in measurements due to the speckle tracking algorithm and manual adjustments have hindered it...
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Post-exercise left atrial conduit strain predicted hemodynamic change in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Left ventricle function directly impacts left atrial (LA) conduit function, and LA conduit strain is associated with exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)...
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Open AccessPrediabetes increases the risk of major limb and cardiovascular events
Prediabetes, an intermediate stage between normal blood sugar levels and a diabetes mellitus diagnosis, is increasing in prevalence. Severe prediabetes is associated with a similar risk of complications as dia...
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Open AccessHeart rhythm complexity analysis in patients with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Heart rhythm complexity (HRC), a subtype of heart rate variability (HRV), is an important tool to investigate cardiovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to analyze serial changes in HRV and HRC metrics in...
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Open AccessNoninvasive cardiac radioablation for ventricular tachycardia: dosimetric comparison between linear accelerator- and robotic CyberKnife-based radiosurgery systems
Few dosimetric comparisons have been published between linear accelerator (LA)-based systems and CyberKnife (CK)-based robotic radiosurgery systems for cardiac radio-ablation in ventricular tachycardia. This s...
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Index-Guided High-Power Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study
Studies have suggested the superiority of high-power compared to standard-power radiofrequency ablation ablation (RFCA). This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of high-power compared to standard-po...
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Open AccessPrediabetes as a risk factor for new-onset atrial fibrillation: the propensity-score matching cohort analyzed using the Cox regression model coupled with the random survival forest
The glycemic continuum often indicates a gradual decline in insulin sensitivity leading to an increase in glucose levels. Although prediabetes is an established risk factor for both macrovascular and microvasc...
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Open AccessImpact of recording length and other arrhythmias on atrial fibrillation detection from wrist photoplethysmogram using smartwatches
This study aimed to evaluate whether quantitative analysis of wrist photoplethysmography (PPG) could detect atrial fibrillation (AF). Continuous electrocardiograms recorded using an electrophysiology recording...
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Open AccessUnderweight is a major risk factor for atrial fibrillation in Asian people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Obesity commonly accompanies T2DM, and increases the risk of AF. However, the dose-relationship between body mass index (...
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Open AccessUnique clinical features and long term follow up of survivors of sudden cardiac death in an Asian multicenter study
There has been no long-term clinical follow-up data of survivors or victims of sudden cardiac death (SCD). The Taiwan multi-center sudden arrhythmia death syndrome follow-up and clinical study (TFS-SADS) is a ...
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Open AccessHigher long-term visit-to-visit glycemic variability predicts new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Glycemic variability (GV) is associated with risk of micro- and macrovascular diseases. However, whether the GV can incre...
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Open AccessFirst Asian population study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for ventricular arrhythmias
We report the first Asian series on stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) for refractory ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in Taiwanese patients. Three-dimensional electroanatomic maps, delayed-enhancement magnetic res...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: CMR-derived ECVs vary with myocardial region and associate with the regional wall thickness
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessElectrocardiogram lead selection for intelligent screening of patients with systolic heart failure
Electrocardiogram (ECG)-based intelligent screening for systolic heart failure (HF) is an emerging method that could become a low-cost and rapid screening tool for early diagnosis of the disease before the com...
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Open AccessCMR-derived ECVs vary with myocardial region and associate with the regional wall thickness
This study was designed to identify whether the position and size of the region of interest (ROI) influence extracellular volume fraction (ECV) measurements. Patients with localized (n ...
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Open AccessIs a timely assessment of the hematocrit necessary for cardiovascular magnetic resonance–derived extracellular volume measurements?
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)–derived extracellular volume (ECV) requires a hematocrit (Hct) to correct contrast volume distributions in blood. However, the timely assessment of Hct can be challengin...
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Open AccessDigoxin-amiodarone Combination is Associated With Excess All-cause Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Combination use of digoxin and other medications might lead to worse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to investigate whether digoxin-amiodarone combination would lead to worse outc...
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Open AccessEffect of Empagliflozin on Cardiac Function, Adiposity, and Diffuse Fibrosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, significantly improves cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic patients; however, the mechanism is unclear. We hypothesized that empagliflozin mig...
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Efficacy of Antiplatelet Agent Usage for Primary and Secondary Prevention in Dialysis Patients: a Nationwide Data Survey and Propensity Analysis
Although cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in dialysis patients, there is little evidence to guide the use of antiplatelet agents in dialysis patients.
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Long term outcome of Aldosteronism after target treatments
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 32103; published online: 02 September 2016; updated: 24 March 2017 The original version of this Article contained an error in the Abstract. “While need for receptor antago...
