Age-related survival after alcohol septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Aims: Since its introduction, alcohol septal ablation (PTSMA) was discussed as treatment option only in elderly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). We report on long-term follow-up after PTSMA with respect to patient's age.

Methods And Results: Between May 2000 and June 2017, we treated 952 consecutive HOCM patients with PTSMA; 133 (14.

Sex-related differences in symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy - Time for a new definition?

Introduction: Sex-related differences in diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) are still unclear. Therefore, we analyzed baseline characteristics of symptomatic patients with indication for alcohol septal ablation (PTSMA) with respect to gender.

Methods And Results: Between 05/2000 and 06/2017 indication for PTSMA was seen in 1014 patients (420 (41.

Survival After Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.

Background: Alcohol-induced infarction for treatment of symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) was discussed as a risk factor for increased cardiac mortality during follow-up.

Objectives: This study sought to report on long-term survival after echo-guided alcohol septal ablation (percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation [PTSMA]) in symptomatic patients with HOCM.

Methods: Between May 2000 and June 2017, PTSMA with alcohol injection was performed in 952 patients (age 55.

A New Phytosanitary Method to Reduce the Ascospore Potential of Venturia inaequalis.

Ascospores of Venturia inaequalis, released from pseudothecia in overwintered, infected apple leaves, serve as the primary inoculum for apple scab. In this study, we tested a new sanitation strategy to reduce ascospore inoculum under orchard conditions over three overwintering periods. After leaf fall, nutrient media containing different concentrations of degraded casein or a yeast extract from Saccharomyces cerivisiae were applied to leaf litter infected with apple scab.

Low occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias after alcohol septal ablation in high-risk patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Introduction: Percutaneous alcohol septal ablation (PTSMA) is an established treatment for symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). However, there is concern of a higher risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden death due to the myocardial scar created after PTSMA. We investigated the possibility of increased ventricular arrhythmias and risk of sudden death after PTSMA in a subgroup of patients with an already implanted ICD.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden death.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the main cause of sudden unexpected death in the young and especially in young athletes with an incidence up to 2.3 per 100,000 athletes and year. Risk stratification models including patient history (syncope, familial risk of sudden death) and findings in noninvasive tests (nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, abnormal blood pressure response during exercise, maximum left ventricular wall thickness > or = 30 mm) have been developed in order to estimate the risk of individual patients.

[Development and testing of the Heidelberg preschool screening for auditory perception and speech processing (HVS)].

There is a lack of standardized and quick tests assessing auditory perception and language processing in preschool children in German. Therefore we developed a screening for auditory perception and speech and language processing, analyzed it statistically and evaluated it in 180 children from 15 preschools. The screening comprises 7 tasks: auditory short-term memory, phonological analyses of word-initial sounds, syllable segmentation, phonological discrimination,articulatory sequencing, semantic versus phonological classification, and rhyming.