- Temporal variability of atrial fibrillation in pacemaker recipients for bradycardia: implications for crossover designed trials, study sample size, and identification of responder patients by means of arrhythmia burden Abstract BACKGROUND: Most clinical trials that have tested pacing therapies to prevent and treat atrial tachyarrhythmias (AT) have chosen (...)
- Effect of dynamic myocardial dyssynchrony on mitral regurgitation during supine bicycle exercise stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ‘narrow’ QRS Abstract Aims: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become an attractive therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure (...)
- A clinical and health-economic evaluation of pulmonary vein encircling ablation compared with antiarrhythmic drug treatment in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (Catheter Ablation for the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation-2 study) Abstract AIMS: Catheter Ablation for the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation 2 study is a prospective, randomized trial aimed to demonstrate the (...)
