Publications by authors named "Henrike Aenne Katrin Hillmann"
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- Female physicians are significantly underrepresented in invasive electrophysiology due to various factors, with lifestyle and family commitments playing a major role.
- A survey of 110 EP fellows revealed that although women and men had similar career goals before parenthood, women often shifted career paths afterward, primarily due to personal priorities and inadequate workplace flexibility.
- The study highlights the need for better support systems for female physicians, particularly regarding childcare and policies for pregnant workers, to enhance their participation and satisfaction in the field.
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- In a study in Germany, researchers examined the effectiveness of implantable loop recorders (ILRs) for diagnosing the cause of unexplained syncope in 675 patients.
- The findings revealed that 65% of these patients were diagnosed with arrhythmias, highlighting the high diagnostic yield of ILRs.
- Treatment outcomes included various therapies such as pacemaker implants (20%) and anticoagulation therapy (21.5%), indicating that ILRs not only identified syncope-related issues but also uncovered other significant arrhythmias.
Aim: Social media (SoMe) are emerging as important tools for research dissemination. Twitter/X promotion has been shown to increase citation rates in well-established journals. We aimed to test the effect of a SoMe promotion strategy on the Mendeley reader counts, the Altmetric Attention Score and the number of citations in an upcoming open-access journal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUtilization of 3D mapping systems in interventional electrophysiology and its impact on procedure time and fluoroscopy-Insights from the "Go for Zero Fluoroscopy" project.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
August 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of 3D mapping systems in reducing fluoroscopy time and procedure duration during interventional electrophysiology procedures across 25 European centers.
- Results showed that using 3D mapping for various types of tachycardias led to reduced fluoroscopy time and dose area product (DAP), although it often increased overall procedure time.
- The conclusion suggests that while 3D mapping systems help lower radiation exposure during ablations of supraventricular tachycardias, they also tend to lengthen the time taken for the procedures.
Background: The number of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) implanted in patients with end-stage heart failure is increasing. In this patient cohort, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs) could be a promising alternative to transvenous ICDs due to lower infection rates and avoidance of venous access. However, eligibility for the S-ICD depends on ECG features that may be influenced by an LVAD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMobile health technologies are gaining importance in clinical decision-making. With the capability to monitor the patient's heart rhythm, they have the potential to reduce the time to confirm a diagnosis and therefore are useful in patients eligible for screening of atrial fibrillation as well as in patients with symptoms without documented symptom rhythm correlation. Such is crucial to enable an adequate arrhythmia management including the possibility of a catheter ablation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn patients with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), three months of optimal therapy are recommended before considering a primary preventive implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). It is unclear which patients benefit from a prolonged waiting period under protection of the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) to avoid unnecessary ICD implantations. This study included all patients receiving a WCD for newly diagnosed HFrEF ( = 353) at our center between 2012 and 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) is used in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In addition to arrhythmic events, the WCD provides near-continuous telemetric heart failure monitoring. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical relevance of additionally recorded parameters, such as heart rate or step count.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) is used for temporary protection from sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction before considering an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). However, the prognostic significance of the WCD remains controversial due to conflicting evidence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate prognosis of patients receiving life-saving WCD shocks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF["Zero fluoro"-a chance for more women in electrophysiology].
Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol
June 2021
Many young women in cardiology are concerned about radiation exposure, and this issue contributes to the low number of female interventional cardiologists. The proportion of women in interventional electrophysiology is particularly low. However, radiation exposure during catheter ablation of arrhythmias can be minimized and even avoided completely using modern 3D mapping systems.
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