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Monomorphic Ventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes [PDF]

Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review, 2019
Ventricular arrhythmias are challenging to manage in athletes with concern for an elevated risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) during sports competition. Monomorphic ventricular arrhythmias (MMVA), while often benign in athletes with a structurally normal
Jeffrey J Hsu, Ali Nsair, Jamil A Aboulhosn, Tamara B Horwich, Ravi H Dave, Kevin M Shannon, Noel G Boyle, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Jason S Bradfield   +8 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background We report characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with basal septal hypertrophy and dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Alaa Alashi, Nicholas G. Smedira, Zoran B. Popovic, Agostina Fava, Maran Thamilarasan, Samir R. Kapadia, Per Wierup, Harry M. Lever, Milind Y. Desai   +8 more
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Outcomes in Guideline‐Based Class I Indication Versus Earlier Referral for Surgical Myectomy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background In patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, surgical myectomy (SM) is indicated for severe symptoms. We sought to compare long‐term outcomes of patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy where SM was based on guideline‐
Alaa Alashi, Nicholas G. Smedira, Kevin Hodges, Zoran B. Popovic, Maran Thamilarasan, Per Wierup, Harry M. Lever, Milind Y. Desai   +7 more
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Outcomes in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Concomitant Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Surgical Myectomy and Aortic Valve Replacement

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and aortic stenosis can cause obstruction to the flow of blood out of the left ventricular outflow tract into the aorta, with obstructive HCM resulting in dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and
Milind Y. Desai, Alaa Alashi, Zoran B. Popovic, Per Wierup, Brian P. Griffin, Maran Thamilarasan, Douglas Johnston, Lars G. Svensson, Harry M. Lever, Nicholas G. Smedira   +9 more
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Comprehensive Risk Management in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Associated With Autosomal Dominant Carvajal Syndrome

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
In a 37-year-old cardiac arrest survivor with autosomal dominant Carvajal syndrome and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a desmoplakin mutation was identified.
Maria Grazia De Gregorio, MD, Francesca Girolami, BS, Benedetta Tomberli, MD, Guendalina Rossi, MD, Alessia Tomberli, RN, Katia Baldini, RN, Iacopo Olivotto, MD   +6 more
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Predictors of cardiac involvement and survival in patients with primary systemic light-chain amyloidosis: roles of the clinical, chemical, and 3-D speckle tracking echocardiography parameters

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Background Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common type of systemic amyloidosis with poor prognosis. Currently, the predictors of cardiac involvement and prognostic staging systems are primarily based on conventional echocardiography and ...
Changhui Lei, Xiaoli Zhu, David H. Hsi, Jing Wang, Lei Zuo, Shengjun Ta, Qianli Yang, Lei Xu, Xueli Zhao, Yan Wang, Shiren Sun, Liwen Liu   +11 more
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Echocardiographic predictors of outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [PDF]

Exploration of Cardiology, 2023
The use of echocardiography, a straightforward and widely available technique, allows for a comprehensive assessment of the patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) under both resting and stress conditions.
Annamaria Del Franco, Eszter Dalma Pálinkás, Giorgia Panichella, Iacopo Olivotto   +3 more
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Non-compaction cardiomyopathy – brief review [PDF]

, 2017
Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder characterized by the presence of two myocardial layers with numerous prominent trabeculations and deep inter-trabecular recesses that communicate with the ventricular cavity.
Berceanu, Mihaela, Constantin, Anca, Donoiu, Ionuț, Istrătoaie, Octavian, Militaru, Constantin, Mirea, Oana, Mănescu, Mirela, Târtea, Georgică Costinel   +7 more
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First-in-man application of Liwen RF™ ablation system in the treatment of drug-resistant hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
ObjectivesThis study sought to evaluate the clinical applicability of the Liwen Liu RF™ ablation system for percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation (PIMSRA).BackgroundData on new cardiac radiofrequency ablation devices for the ...
Zihao Wang, Rong Zhao, Horst Sievert, Shengjun Ta, Jing Li, Stefan Bertog, Stefan Bertog, Kerstin Piayda, Mengyao Zhou, Changhui Lei, Xiaojuan Li, Jiani Liu, Bo Xu, Bo Feng, Rui Hu, Liwen Liu   +15 more
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Perioperative Amiodarone to Prevent Atrial fibrillation after Septal Myectomy in obstrUctive hypeRtroPHic cardiomyopathy

ESC Heart Failure, 2021
Aims Amiodarone reduces the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) following coronary artery bypass surgery; however, the benefit of perioperative amiodarone in patients undergoing septal myectomy (SM) for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM ...
Evan F. Shalen, Stephen B. Heitner, Lana Al‐Rashdan, Reyhaneh Akhavein, Miriam R. Elman, Katherine L. Fischer, Lucy Q. Lin, Meghan Mannello, Babak Nazer, Howard K. Song, Ahmad Masri   +10 more
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