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Open AccessOne-year safety and quality of life outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation on dronedarone: prospective, non-interventional study in German ambulatory care
The multichannel blocker dronedarone is currently indicated for the maintenance of sinus rhythm after successful cardioversion in adult clinically stable patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillat...
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Atriale Tachykardie, Vorhofflattern, Vorhofflimmern: Kurative Therapie durch fokale Ablation in einer Pulmonalvene
Wir beschreiben den Fall einer 50-jährigen Patientin mit der klinischen Diagnose einer Kardiomyopathie bei medikamentös therapierefraktärer Tachyarrhythmia absoluta. Deren elektrokardiographisches Korrelat be...
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Elektrisches Remodeling bei Vorhofflimmern
Atrial fibrillation is associated with changes in atrial electrophysiology that facilitate the initiation and persistence of the arrhythmia. The underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are diverse; they h...
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Adenosingabe zur Terminierung einer atrio-ventrikulär-nodalen-Reentry- Tachykardie: Induktion von Vorhofflimmern mit schneller Überleitung bei Demaskierung eines konkomitierenden Wolff-Parkinson-White-Syndroms
The antiarrhythmic properties of adenosine, its ultrashort half-life and the absence of frequent serious side effects make it a front-line agent in arrhythmia management, especially in the treatment of atriove...
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Molecular and electrophysiological evidence for “remodeling” of the L-type Ca2+ channel in persistent atrial fibrillation in humans
Chronisches Vorhofflimmern (AF) geht einher mit einer verkürzten Aktionspotentialdauer (APD) und einer verkürzten atrialen Refraktärzeit. Das “Remodeling” von Ionenströmen, die für den Verlauf des Aktionspote...
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Implantation eines Zwei-Kammer-Schrittmacher-Defibrillators (DDD-ICD) bei einer Patientin mit hypertropher obstruktiver Kardiomyopathie
A 70-year-old woman with severely symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy was unresponsive to drug treatment. She had recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias and syncope and was at high risk for sud...
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Katheter-induzierte Dissektion des rechtskoronaren Ostiums und der Aortenwurzel
We describe a catheter-induced dissection of the ostium of the right coronary artery extending to the aortic root. As an alternative to emergency surgery, a dacron stent-graft was placed in the proximal right ...
