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We read with interest Teodorescu et al’s article on a prospective, observational, single-centre study of the characteristics of 10 patients with new-onset or exacerbated postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) after receiving an mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine [1]. All 10 patients had pre-existing illnesses that predisposed to POTS, such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, mast cell activation syndrome, or autoimmune, neurological or cardiac conditions [1]. The mean skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) amplitude was reduced in POTS patients [1].
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Mashup Score: 49Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Drug-Induced Type 1 Brugada Electrocardiographic Pattern: A Nationwide Cohort Registry Study - 23 hour(s) ago
There are limited real-world data about the extended prognosis of patients with drug-induced type 1 Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG).
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Mashup Score: 9Does Spatio-Temporal Dispersion Indicate a Patient-unique Fingerprint or a Generic Characteristic of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation? - 2 day(s) ago
Identifying signatures or metrics to guide patient-specific atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation approaches is paramount for improving outcomes beyond pulmonary vein isolation. These approaches assume that patients exhibit different wavefront dynamics requiring tailored ablation approaches. One such metric for identifying regions that could be targeted during ablation therapy identifies areas with electrogram dispersion1. Dispersion electrograms have time and space dispersion, with activation across the entire AF cycle length.
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Mashup Score: 22Early post-ablation atrial fibrillation recurrence: Time to blank the blanking period? - 3 day(s) ago
Early recurrence of atrial arrhythmia (ERA) is commonly seen following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), with reported incidences of up to 61% in the first three months.1 ERA is often attributed to transient inflammation induced by tissue damage during ablation and short-term imbalances in autonomic innervation. This forms the physiologic rationale for the accepted convention of a 3-month blanking period, during which arrhythmia recurrences are presumed to be relatively benign and not indicative of treatment failure.
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Mashup Score: 33Defining the blanking period, using continuous ECG monitoring, after cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation - 3 day(s) ago
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the cornerstone of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. A blanking period (BP) of 3 months is used in clinical trials and practice. However, the optimal BP duration after PVI remains undefined.
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Early recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia (ERAT) is associated with ablation-induced pro-arrhythmogenic inflammation; however, existing studies used intermittent monitoring or non-optimized RF applications (non-contiguous or without ablation index target value).
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Mashup Score: 48The first ablation - 4 day(s) ago
Before the 1980s, management of supraventricular arrhythmias that were refractory to drugs were treated surgically. The procedure involved thoracotomy, cardiotomy, and ligation or cryoablation of the atrioventricular (AV) junction. In the late 1970s, I conceived the idea of trying to replicate the surgical procedure but without the need for open heart surgery. A literature survey described a number of direct techniques used in animals to promote AV block, but I was struck by an abstract published by Beazell et al.
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Achieving and maintaining clinical competence in the practice of cardiovascular medicine is fundamental to providing appropriate, patient-centric, high-value health care and is part of the ethical and professional duties of all physicians in their responsibility to patients and the public.
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Mashup Score: 46Acute kidney injury after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Comparison between different energy sources - 5 day(s) ago
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is an innovative technology recently adopted for treating atrial fibrillation (AF). Preclinical and clinical studies have reported a reassuring safety profile because of its tissue-specific effect, sparing adjacent tissues.1 However, 2 cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to hemolysis after PFA have recently been reported after an uncommonly high number of applications.2,3 Similarly, a subsequent pilot study reported the occurrence of AKI in 4 of 28 patients after PFA for AF.
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Mashup Score: 28Feasibility and efficacy of real-time ultrasound-guided venous closure with suture-mediated vascular closure device - 5 day(s) ago
Venous vascular access complications are usually nonfatal but are the most common complications after transvenous catheter intervention. Vascular closure devices (VCDs) have recently become available for venous closure.
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Letter to the Editor: Small fibre neuropathy is responsible for POTS in SARS-CoV-2 vaccines https://t.co/aVNThs6VLO