A brief overview of surgery for atrial fibrillation [PDF]
The Maze procedure was the first surgical technique developed to ablate, rather than isolate, atrial fibrillation and was first performed clinically in 1987.
Cox, James L
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Slow Conduction through an Arc of Block: A Basis for Arrhythmia Formation Post-Myocardial Infarction [PDF]
Introduction The electrophysiologic basis for characteristic rate-dependent, constant-late-coupled (390 + 54 milliseconds) premature ventricular beats (PVBs) present 4–5 days following coronary artery occlusion were examined in 108 anesthetized dogs.
Berbari, Edward J. +3 more
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A Technique for Conducting Noninvasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies in Conscious Swine
A noninvasive method was developed in swine for conducting cardiac electrophysiology (EP) studies without the potential confounding effects of sedatives or anesthetics. Following a 1-week conditioning regimen in the EP laboratory, 1-month-old Hanford miniature swine underwent transvenous pacemaker (PM) implantation under isoflurane anesthesia.
A C, Smith +3 more
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Objectives: Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation with cryothermal energy is a recently introduced technique in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). It may reduce procedural times and serious complications associated with radiofrequency (RF) ablation.
Ali Oto +9 more
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Restricting excessive cardiac action potential and QT prolongation: a vital role for IKs in human ventricular muscle [PDF]
Background - Although pharmacological block of the slow, delayed rectifier potassium current (I-Ks) by chromanol 293B, L-735,821, or HMR-1556 produces little effect on action potential duration (APD) in isolated rabbit and dog ventricular myocytes, the ...
Biliczki, Péter +10 more
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Arrhythmias After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair [PDF]
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease, with a good outcome after total surgical correction. In spite of a low perioperative mortality and a good quality of life, late sudden death remains a significant clinical problem,
Daliento, Luciano +1 more
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Cardiovascular changes after administration of aerosolized salbutamol in horses: five cases [PDF]
Prevention and treatment of intraoperative hypoxemia in horses is difficult and both efficacy and safety of therapeutic maneuvers have to be taken into account.
AE Wagner +24 more
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew +11 more
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Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a rare condition consisting of ventricular arrhythmias, periodic paralysis, and dysmorphic features. In 2001, mutations in KCNJ2, which encodes the α subunit of the potassium channel Kir2.1, were identified in patients ...
Smith, Andrew H +2 more
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Characterization of the in vivo cardiac electrophysiologic effects of high-dose cocaine in closed-chest, anesthetized dogs with normal hearts [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of cocaine. METHODS: In 8 dogs (9-13 kg), electrophysiologic parameters and programmed stimulation were undertaken using transvenous catheters at baseline, and after cocaine intravenous ...
Amaral, José Luiz Gomes do +5 more
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