Performance of first pacemaker to use smart device app for remote monitoring.

Background: High adherence to remote monitoring (RM) in pacemaker (PM) patients improves outcomes; however, adherence remains suboptimal. Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) technology in newer-generation PMs enables communication directly with patient-owned smart devices using an app without a bedside console.

Objective: To evaluate the success rate of scheduled RM transmissions using the app compared to other RM methods.

[Difficulties in diagnosing an osteoid osteoma of the big toe : A case report with review of the literature].

Background: Osteoid osteomas belong to the benign osseous neoplasia and can occur on the entire skeleton. The prolonged diagnosis of an osteoid osteoma of the great toe prompted us to prepare a case report with a literature review to identify possible sources of error and to contribute to a more expeditious diagnosis and therapy.

Literature: Currently, only two case reports on osteoid osteomas of the toes are known in the German literature.

Complication rates associated with pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacements and upgrade procedures: results from the REPLACE registry.

Background: Prospective studies defining the risk associated with pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator replacement surgeries do not exist. These procedures are generally considered low risk despite results from recent retrospective series reporting higher rates.

Methods And Results: We prospectively assessed predefined procedure-related complication rates associated with elective pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacements over 6 months of follow-up.

The effect of chronic respiratory diseases on acute phase proteins and selected blood parameters of protein metabolism in calves.

This work was aimed at evaluation of the influence of chronic respiratory diseases on selected acute phase proteins (APPs), and on the concentrations of some parameters of protein metabolism in calves, as well as at evaluation of APPs as possible prognostic indicators in these diseases. We compared the results from 27 sick calves with results from 15 clinically healthy calves. Blood samples were analysed for concentrations of haptoglobin (Hp), serum amyloid A (SAA), total proteins, albumin, urea, creatinine, and total immunoglobulins.

Effect of right atrial pacing, intravenous amiodarone and beta blockers for suppression of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a pilot study.

Objective: This pilot study aimed to compare right atrial pacing, intravenous amiodarone and oral beta-blockers in the prevention, time to onset, duration and effect on hospital stay of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) at our center.

Background: AF is the most common arrhythmic complication after CABG and is related to increased morbidity, length of hospital stay and costs. Trials with different drugs and other therapeutic modalities including beta-blockers, intravenous amiodarone and override suppression of automatic atrial foci by atrial pacing have shown partial success as preventive measures.