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Open AccessPulmonary vein isolation durability and lesion regression in patients with recurrent arrhythmia after pulsed-field ablation
A novel multipolar pulsed-field ablation (PFA) catheter has recently been introduced for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Pre-market data showed high rates for PVI-durability during mandatory remap** studies.
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Open AccessPulsed-field vs. cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation: a propensity score matched comparison of one-year outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) has shown favourable data in terms of safety and procedural efficiency for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). We sought to compare procedural and 1-year follow-up data of patients with...
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Incidence of vascular complications for electrophysiology procedures in the ultrasound era: a single-centre experience over 10,000 procedures in the long term
Ultrasound (US) is being increasingly used to guide vascular access for electrophysiology (EP) procedures in many centres. Nonetheless, the incidence and predictors of vascular complications in the US era are ...
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Patient experience of very high power short duration radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation under mild conscious sedation
Very high power short duration (vHPSD) radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may reduce ablation times and improve patient tolerability, permitting pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) under mild conscious sedation (mCS) an...
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Open AccessActivity of the adrenomedullin system to personalise post-discharge diuretic treatment in acute heart failure
Quantifying the activity of the adrenomedullin system might help to monitor and guide treatment in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. The aims were to (1) identify AHF patients with marked benefit or harm fro...
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Open AccessProenkephalin and prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a GREAT network study
Proenkephalin (PENK), a stable endogenous opioid biomarker related to renal function, has prognostic utility in acute and chronic heart failure. We investigated the prognostic utility of PENK in heart failure ...
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Automatically computed ECG algorithm for the quantification of myocardial scar and the prediction of mortality
Myocardial scar is associated with adverse cardiac outcomes. The Selvester QRS-score was developed to estimate myocardial scar from the 12-lead ECG, but its manual calculation is difficult. An automatically co...
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Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with mild elevations of cardiac troponin
The early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with mild elevations of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) is a challenge. It is unclear whether copeptin, a marker of endogenous st...
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Gender-specific uncertainties in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome
It is unknown whether higher rates of delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women might have contributed to the poorer outcome of women.
