Publications by authors named "C Desimone"

Background: Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are a serious complication associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Despite guideline recommendations for complete device removal, disparities in healthcare access and resource availability between urban and rural settings may influence patient outcomes. This study aims to evaluate rural-urban disparities in the management and outcomes of patients hospitalized with CIED infections.

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac disease that potentially leads to fatal conditions. Machine Learning (ML) classification methods are widely used to distinguish between sinus rhythm and AF for post-ablation rhythms in ECG. However, intracardiac electrograms (iEGMs) recorded in the left atrium (LA) and right atrium (RA) might have different sinus rhythms characteristics.

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Introduction: Advances in cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIED) have significantly improved outcomes for patients with heart failure. However, there is a bereft of recent real- world data on the relative effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with pacing and defibrillator (CRT-D) and continuous resynchronization therapy with pacing (CRT-P) in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). We hypothesized that the addition of defibrillation therapy in patients with NICM would offer no significant benefit.

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Background: Current clinical guidelines emphasize the significance of rhythm control with catheter ablation but lack guidance on the timing of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation relative to the diagnosis time. We aim to investigate the latest evidence on the impact of diagnosis to ablation time (DAT) on clinical outcomes after AF ablation.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials through August 2024.

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