Gender-Related Differences in Outcomes of Patients with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

Background: Gender-related differences (GRD) exist in the outcome of patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).

Objectives: To assess GRD in patients who underwent CRT.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 178 patients who were implanted with a CRT in a tertiary center 2005-2009 was analyzed.

Association between Red Cell Distribution Width and Mortality after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a non-pharmacological option for patients with heart failure and interventricular dyssynchrony. Elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) reflects higher size and heterogeneity of erythrocytes and is associated with poor outcome in patients with chronic heart failure.

Objectives: To examine the association between RDW levels and outcomes after CRT implantation.

Association of time of occurrence of electrical heart storms with environmental physical activity.

Aim: Many publications in recent decades have reported a temporal link between medical events and environmental physical activity. The aim of this study was to analyze the time of occurrence of electrical heart storms against levels of cosmological parameters.

Methods: The sample included 82 patients (71 male) with ischemic cardiomyopathy treated with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator at a tertiary medical center in 1999-2012 (5,114 days).

Pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Thirty- to 35% of patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation undergo implantation of a permanent pacemaker (PPM) because of development of atrioventricular block (AVB) or development of a condition with high risk of progression to AVB. There are insufficient data regarding long-term follow-up on pacing dependency. From February 2009 to July 2011, 191 transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures were performed at the Rabin Medical Center (125 CoreValve and 66 Edwards SAPIEN).

Clinical experience of two Israeli medical centers with the implantable loop recorder in patients with syncope: from diagnosis to treatment.

Background: The implantable loop recorder (ILR) is an important tool for the evaluation of unexplained syncope, particularly in cases of rarely occurring arrhythmia.

Objectives: To review the clinical experience of two Israeli medical centers with the ILR.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients with unexplained syncope evaluated with the ILR at Rabin Medical Center (2006-2010) and Wolfson Medical Center (2000-2009).