Coordinated and harmonic (synchronous) ventricular electrical activation is essential for better left ventricular systolic function. Intraventricular conduction abnormalities, such as left bundle branch block due to artificial cardiac pacing, lead to ...
Andres Di Leoni Ferrari +7 more
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ObjectiveInvestigating the cardiovascular system is challenging due to its complex regulation by humoral and neuronal factors. Despite this complexity, many existing research methods are limited to the assessment of a few parameters leading to an ...
Rajkumar Rajanathan +4 more
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Cardiomyopathy Induced by Artificial Heart Stimulation
With the advent of cardiac pacemakers more than 60 years ago, the era of artificial cardiac pacing began, which changed the natural history of symptomatic bradycardias, significantly increasing the survival especially of patients with complete ...
Silas dos Santos Galvão Filho
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Cardiomyopathy induced by artificial cardiac pacing: myth or reality sustained by evidence?
Implantable cardiac pacing systems are a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic irreversible bradycardia. Under the proper indications, cardiac pacing might bring significant clinical benefit.
Andrés Di Leoni Ferrari +7 more
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Radial left ventricular dyssynchrony by speckle tracking in apical versus non apical right ventricular pacing- evidence of dyssynchrony on medium term follow up [PDF]
Introduction: To study effects of various sites of right ventricular pacing lead implantation on left ventricular function by 2-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking for radial strain and LV dyssynchrony.
Dinesh Choudhary +9 more
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Dual chamber pacemaker in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation [PDF]
Background. Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent cardiac dysrhythmia. The aim of this study was to show the role and the efficacy of a dual chamber pacemaker with the algorithm of atrial dynamic overdrive, in the suppression of paroxysmal atrial ...
Rađen Goran +3 more
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Rational Use of Leads in Artificial Cardiac Pacing
Introduction: Cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIEDs) are a proven therapy for the treatment of bradyarrhythmias, prevention of sudden death or heart failure.
Carlos Eduardo Duarte +1 more
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A micro-LED array based platform for spatio-temporal optogenetic control of various cardiac models
Optogenetics relies on dynamic spatial and temporal control of light to address emerging fundamental and therapeutic questions in cardiac research. In this work, a compact micro-LED array, consisting of 16 × 16 pixels, is incorporated in a widefield ...
Sebastian Junge +10 more
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Artificial cardiac pacing, the use of electrical stimuli to cause contraction of heart muscle, is a sophisticated therapeutic and diagnostic tool. Its rapid technologic improvement since first developed in the late 1930’s by Hyman, has made it possible ...
L.J. Workman
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INDICACIONES DE ESTIMULACIÓN ELÉCTRICA TRANSITORIA, COMPLICACIONES Y NECESIDAD DE ESTIMULACIÓN CARDÍACA PERMANENTE / Use of temporary cardiac pacing, its complications and need for permanent cardiac pacing [PDF]
Resumen: Introducción: La estimulación cardíaca temporal está indicada en diversas situaciones de extrema urgencia, en pacientes con bradiarritmias graves y bloqueos aurículo-ventriculares de II o III grados.Su indicación siempre se considera ante la ...
Humberto Ramos González +5 more
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