The Reliability of the CTS-6 for Examiners With Varying Levels of Clinical Experience.

Purpose: To assess the interrater reliability of the CTS-6 for examiners with varying levels of clinical expertise. We also aimed to analyze this instrument's sensitivity (Sn) and specificity (Sp), using the CTS-6 score obtained by a hand surgeon as a reference standard.

Methods: Three examining groups consisting of medical students, occupational hand therapists, and hand surgeons examined a consecutive series of patients in an academic upper-extremity clinic.

Risk of arrhythmic events after alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using continuous implantable cardiac monitoring.

Background: Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can lead to heart rhythm disturbances including complete heart block (CHB) and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the utility of long-term arrhythmia monitoring with an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) after ASA.

Methods: Between February 2014 and March 2019, 56 patients with HCM undergoing ASA were enrolled in a prospective study and underwent ICM implantation.

Prevalence of Non-Left Anterior Descending Septal Perforator Culprit in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Alcohol Septal Ablation.

Identifying the coronary branch that supplies the basal septum is the cornerstone for successful alcohol septal ablation (ASA). The basal septum is often supplied by septal perforator artery/arteries (SPA/SPAs) not originating from the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. We aim to investigate the prevalence and significance of non-LAD septal "culprit" in patients undergoing ASA.