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    Late presentation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian associated with a pathogenic variant in the plakophilin 2 gene: a case report

    Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited myocardial disease characterized by fibrofatty replacement and ventricular arrhythmias. ARVC is believed to be a disease of the young, wit...

    Yusuke Adachi, Takekuni Hayashi, Takeshi Mitsuhashi in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2019)

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    Clinical characteristics associated with pacing-induced cardiac dysfunction: a high incidence of undiagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis before permanent pacemaker implantation

    Previous studies suggested that right ventricular pacing was associated with pacing-induced cardiac dysfunction (PICD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics including the i...

    Yasushi Wakabayashi, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Naoyuki Akashi in Heart and Vessels (2018)

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    Clinical background including anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation in a community-based survey: the Saitama AF Registry

    Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias, and carries an increased risk of cardiogenic embolism. Oral anticoagulants (OACs) including warfarin and/or non-vitamin K antagonists can...

    Yasushi Wakabayashi, Yoshitaka Sugawara, Kanna Fujita in Heart and Vessels (2017)

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    Ablation of swallowing-induced atrial tachycardia affects heart rate variability: a case report

    A 47-year-old man underwent slow pathway ablation for slow-fast atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Following the procedure, he felt palpitations while swallowing, and swallowing-induced atrial tachy...

    Rintaro Hojo, Seiji Fukamizu, Tae Ishikawa, Takekuni Hayashi in Heart and Vessels (2014)

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    The impact of Rho-kinase inhibitor, “Fasudil”, intracoronary bolus administration to improve refractory coronary vasospasm

    A 57 year-old man presenting with acute inferior myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. Following the placement of TAXUS Liberte 2.5 × 24 mm (Boston Sientific, USA), for 99% stenos...

    Kota Komiyama, Tamotsu Tejima in Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeuti… (2011)