Long-term incidence of upper extremity venous obstruction in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients.

Background: Very little is known about the long-term prevalence of severe venous obstruction and occlusion in patients with transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads. The objective of the current investigation was to elucidate the incidence and prevalence and to identify predisposing conditions in an ICD cohort over a long follow-up period.

Methods: Based on a prospective database, we analyzed consecutive patients who received an ICD implantation in our hospital between 06/1988 and 2009 as well as all corresponding follow-up data until 02/2018.

Etiology, Management, and Outcome of Pediatric Epistaxis.

Objective: Epistaxis in children is one of the most common causes for seeking professional medical help. Patients may be treated by several disciplines with various approaches to pediatric epistaxis. We reviewed cases of pediatric epistaxis from an otorhinolaryngologist's point of view.

Management and outcome of epistaxis under direct oral anticoagulants: a comparison with warfarin.

Background: Epistaxis is one of the more common reasons for emergency room visits. The main risk factor for epistaxis is anticoagulant therapy. Until recently, the main culprit was oral intake of a vitamin K antagonist, such as warfarin, which has a number of side effects.

Increased vascular occlusion in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Background: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive inherited multisystem disorder of the connective tissue caused by a loss-of-function mutation of the ABCC6 gene. It can affect the cardiovascular system, presumably leading to a high prevalence of atherosclerosis.

Patients And Methods: 46 PXE patients and 18 controls underwent an angiological examination consisting of measurement of ankle-brachial index (ABI), strain-gauge arterial reserve (SGAR), arterial resting perfusion, pulse wave index (PWI), central pulse wave velocity, and ultrasound examination.

[Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Is remote monitoring obligatory?].

Background: The possibilities of telemonitoring (TM) of patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) have been rapidly improving over the last few years. Numerous studies have examined the effects of this development on the follow-up care of ICD patients.

Objectives: Technical implementation and safety of ICD telemonitoring.

Underdiagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Peripheral Arterial Disease.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has interdependently been related to the onset and progression of a large portion of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disorders. In due consideration of OSA-mediated endothelial dysfunction, its impact on peripheral artery disease is conceivable, but undefined. Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of OSA in a lower extremity artery disease (LEAD) study population.

Programming implantable cardioverter/defibrillators and outcomes.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are complex technical devices with a multitude of programming options for the physician. In recent years, numerous randomized trials have been performed to define the optimal programming strategies and have provided valuable insights, especially in primary prevention patients. This article provides an actual overview on the existing evidence on the most important programming features for accurate detection and therapy of ventricular arrhythmias.

Solitary right ventricular metastasis of endometrial adenocarcinoma.

A woman presented with a solitary cardiac metastasis 5 months after curative surgery for endometrial adenocarcinoma (FIGO IB). The tumor was deemed inoperable and palliative ambulatory chemotherapy was initiated. We aimed at a palliative reduction of tumor mass after chemotherapy and atypical vascularization of the metastasis was demonstrated by coronary angiography.

Usefulness of sleep-disordered breathing to predict occurrence of appropriate and inappropriate implantable-cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.

Advanced heart failure (HF) is associated with severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In addition, most patients with HF are treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. The incidence of ICD therapy in such a patient cohort with SDB has never been investigated.

Real-world data on the lifespan of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators depending on manufacturers and the amount of ventricular pacing.

Introduction: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) longevity is crucial for both patients and public health systems because it determines the number of surgical ICD replacements, which can generally be considered an additional risk factor for complications, and the cost-effectiveness of ICD therapy. Our objective was to obtain insight into the "real-world" longevities of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, which quite often differ from those stated in the manufacturers' declarations.

Methods And Results: On the basis of a prospective database, we analyzed all ICD implantations performed in our hospital from June 1988 to June 2009.

Kidney dysfunction and deterioration of ejection fraction pose independent risk factors for mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients for primary prevention.

Background: A growing number of patients with advanced heart failure fulfill a primary-prevention indication for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). This study seeks to identify new predictors of overall mortality in a Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)-like collective to enhance risk stratification.

Hypothesis: An impaired renal function and severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction pose relevant risk factors for mortality in primary prevention ICD recipients.

Independent predictors of mortality in patients with advanced heart failure treated by cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Aims: The current study includes all consecutive patients with advanced heart failure and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) over a 10-year period in a tertiary referral centre. It aims at identifying independent risk factors for mortality during CRT-defibrillator (CRT-D) treatment.

Methods And Results: This study includes 239 consecutive patients who had undergone implantation of a CRT-D system (ejection fraction 25.

An impaired renal function: a predictor of ventricular arrhythmias and mortality in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure.

Background: This study investigated the overall mortality and the incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VT) in 99 patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) and with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) suffering from heart failure.

Methods: We performed a stepwise regression model to identify independent risk factors for the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias. Using a Cox regression model, independent risk factors for total mortality were evaluated and, subsequently, a Kaplan-Meier analysis was applied.