Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most prevalent arrythmias worldwide and associated with an increased risk stroke systemic thromboembolism. Stroke prevention direct oral anticoagulation (DOAC) recommended in patients non-valvular AF (NVAF) at high stroke. WATCHMANTM percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) device currently introduced as alternative to DOAC for NVAF ineligible lon...

Benznidazole and Nifurtimox are the two currently available antiparasitic treatments for Chagas disease (CD), an important cause of cardiomyopathy arrhythmias. There limited data describing impact treatment on arrhythmia outcomes. Compare incidence ventricular arrhythmias in patients treated with anti-parasitic medication versus those who did not receive treatment. Patients at a center excellen...

Hypomagnesemia can lead to cardiac arrythmias. Recently, observational data have linked chronic proton pump inhibitor (PPI) exposure to hypomagnesemia. Whether PPI exposure increases the risk for arrhythmias has not been well studied. Using a large, single-center inception cohort of critically ill patients, we examined whether PPI exposure was associated with admission electrocardiogram reading...

Pronethalol (Alderlin), an adrenergic beta-blocking agent introduced in 1963, was successfully tested in the management of various cardiac arrythmias, phaeochromocytoma, angina pectoris, and hypertension. Herring (1964) administered the drug to 10 patients with Parkinsonism, in view of the well known 'tremor-potentiating effect' of adrenaline, and observed a diminution of tremor following an in...

We have observed uncontrollable cardiogenic shock as a cardiovascular manifestation of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) leading to death in a 62-year-old woman. The diagnosis of SIRS was based on the demonstration of endotoxinaemia, and highly elevated plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and interleukin (IL)-10. We suggest that these cytokines may contribute to th...

Trains of ultrarapid stimuli that begin late in the refractory period have been reported both to produce early single captures to terminate tachyarrhythmias and to inhibit the response to subsequent threshold stimuli. To determine which characteristics of trains facilitate capture and which enhance inhibition, we compared the right ventricular strength interval relationship for single extrastim...

INTRODUCTION Atrial and ventricular arrhythmias are among the most common complications after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. It is known that cardiopulmonary bypass reduces serum magnesium level. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between total blood magnesium level (TMG) and the incidence of perioperative arrhythmias. METHODS TMG was measured in patients who were sche...