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Open AccessSwinging rhythms
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Open AccessA randomised comparison of the effect of haemodynamic monitoring with CardioMEMS in addition to standard care on quality of life and hospitalisations in patients with chronic heart failure
Assessing haemodynamic congestion based on filling pressures instead of clinical congestion can be a way to further improve quality of life (QoL) and clinical outcome by intervening before symptoms or weight g...
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Open AccessTelemonitoring with an implantable loop recorder in outpatient heart failure care
In the care of heart failure patients, telemonitoring is receiving growing attention. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of continuous telemonitoring with an implantable loop recorder (...
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Open AccessA peek behind the curtain
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Open AccessA peek behind the curtain
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Open AccessGeneral practitioner reported incidence of Lyme carditis in the Netherlands
Between 1994 and 2009, incidence rates of general practitioner (GP) consultations for tick bites and erythema migrans, the most common early manifestation of Lyme borreliosis, have increased substantially in t...
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Open AccessRoutine versus aggressive upstream rhythm control for prevention of early atrial fibrillation in heart failure: background, aims and design of the RACE 3 study
Rhythm control for atrial fibrillation (AF) is cumbersome because of its progressive nature caused by structural remodelling. Upstream therapy refers to therapeutic interventions aiming to modify the atrial su...
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Open AccessElectrical cardioversion during pregnancy: safe or not?
Two pregnant patients with a sustained symptomatic maternal supraventricular arrhythmia are presented. Both patients were treated with direct-current cardioversion. Electrical cardioversion during pregnancy is...
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Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes
A 36-year-old man with a history of primary sclerosing cholangitis and epilepsy was admitted to our hospital for cholangitis. During admission he was resuscitated because of ventricular fibrillation. ECGs show...
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What Are the Benefits of Morphological Signal Analysis Using Digital Technology?
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The old spontaneously hypertensive rat as a model for transmyocardial laser revascularisation research
Animal models used in transmyocardial laser revascularisation (TMLR) research lack the increased fibrosis observed in patients with chronic myocardial ischaemia. This pathology has also been described in pati...
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Transmyocardial laser revascularisation and other treatment modalities for angina pectoris
Ischaemic heart disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the western world. This paper provides an overview of the different treatments for one of the most common manifestations of i...
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Transmyocardial revascularization
Transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) is a puncture technique proposed as a solution for patients with coronary artery disease who cannot be efficiently treated with the standard revascularization procedures...
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Experimental videothoracoscopic cannulation of the left atrial appendix
Rapid implementation of left ventricular assistance without thoracotomy for temporary support of patients with severe, life-threatening, acute cardiac power failure potentially expands applications of such sup...
