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Recurrent Syncope in Patients With Reflex Syncope Treated With Dual‐Chamber Pacemakers: Short‐Term Associated Factors—A Single‐Center Retrospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Arrhythmia
Background Dual‐chamber pacemakers equipped with anti‐reflex syncope algorithms are an established therapeutic option for preventing recurrent syncope in selected patients with reflex syncope. However, their efficacy in patients under 40 years old and in
Thai Duy Vo, Ngoc Dung Kieu, Le Uyen Phuong Tran, Cao Dat Tran, Tri Thuc Nguyen, Thi Thanh Binh Dao   +5 more
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ICD Outcome in Pediatric Cardiomyopathies

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022
Background: Pediatric patients with cardiomyopathies are at risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). An ICD may prevent SCD. The aim of this study was to evaluate ICD implantation outcomes, and to compare transvenous and subcutaneous
Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Ilaria Tamburri, Marta Campisi, Fabio Anselmo Saputo, Ilaria Cazzoli, Nicoletta Cantarutti, Marianna Cicenia, Rachele Adorisio, Anwar Baban, Lucilla Ravà, Fabrizio Drago   +10 more
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Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis, Evolution, Risk Stratification and Pediatric Population—Where Are We?

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a cardiomyopathy characterized by the occurrence of a high risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death even at presentation.
Marianna Cicenia, Fabrizio Drago
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When Should Premature Ventricular Contractions Be Considered as a Red Flag in Children with Cardiomyopathy?

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021
Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are common and generally benign in childhood and tend to resolve spontaneously in most cases. When PVCs occur frequently, an arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy may be present requiring medical or catheter ablation.
Marianna Cicenia, Massimo S. Silvetti, Fabrizio Drago   +2 more
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Anticoagulation therapy in older patients at risk for syncopal and not-syncopal fall and/or frailty. An AcEMC-GIMSI multidisciplinary consensus document

Emergency Care Journal, 2020
In aged patients, the most frequent indications for anticoagulation are atrial fibrillation (AF) and venous thromboembolism for stroke and systemic embolism prevention.
Ivo Casagranda, Andrea Ungar, Carolina Prevaldi, Pasquale Abete, Sergio Biagioni, Attilio Del Rosso, Michele Diamanti, Alessandra Fanciulli, Stefano Fumagalli, Raffaello Furlan, Roberto Lerza, Carlo Locatelli, Roberto Maggi, Chiara Mussi, Filippo Numeroso, Filippo Rabajoli, Sophie Testa, Marco Tomaino, Michele Brignole   +18 more
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“Be Careful What You Swallow”

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
Swallow (deglutition) syncope is a rare form of neurally mediated cardioinhibitory reflex syncope occurring during swallowing. Patients may present to clinicians across multiple disciplines, so high awareness and careful evaluation are essential.
Melanie Dani, MBBS, PhD, Andreas Dirksen, MSc, Patricia Taraborrelli, MSc, PhD, Miriam Toro Castro, BSc (Hons), Dimitrios Panagopoulos, MBBS, Richard Sutton, MBBS, DSc, Phang Boon Lim, MA, PhD   +6 more
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Evaluation of Patients with Syncope in the Emergency Department: How to Adjust Pharmacological Therapy

Medicina, 2021
The rate of syncope in the Emergency Department ranges between 0.9 and 1.7%. Syncope is mostly related to a underlying reflex or orthostatic mechanism. A bradycardic or a hypotensive phenotype, may be identified.
Martina Rafanelli, Giuseppe Dario Testa, Giulia Rivasi, Andrea Ungar   +3 more
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ST-elevation during head up tilt test: a challenging case in syncope unit

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2020
A 65-year-old woman, during an elective head up tilt test, after the sublingual nitrate administration, experienced electrocardiogram alteration with ST elevation in the inferior leads, that returned normal when the patient was laid supine after few ...
Andreina Carbone, Vincenzo Avitabile, Paolo Golino, Gerardo Nigro, Vincenzo Russo   +4 more
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Double-Outlet Left Ventricle: Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature

Diagnostics, 2023
Double-outlet left ventricle (DOLV) is an abnormal ventriculo-arterial connection characterized by the origin of both great arteries from the morphological left ventricle. The aim of our paper is to describe the morphological and imaging features of DOLV
Michele Lioncino, Giulio Calcagni, Fausto Badolato, Giovanni Antonelli, Benedetta Leonardi, Andrea de Zorzi, Aurelio Secinaro, Gianluca Brancaccio, Sonia Albanese, Adriano Carotti, Fabrizio Drago, Gabriele Rinelli   +11 more
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Neurohormones in the Pathophysiology of Vasovagal Syncope in Adults

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020
Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common cause of syncope across all age groups. Nonetheless, despite its clinical importance and considerable research effort over many years, the pathophysiology of VVS remains incompletely understood.
David G. Benditt, J. Gert van Dijk, Darshan Krishnappa, Wayne O. Adkisson, Scott Sakaguchi   +4 more
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