Stroke prevention, 1-year clinical outcomes and healthcare resource utilization in patients with atrial fibrillation in France: Data from the GARFIELD-AF registry.

Background: GARFIELD-AF is a non-interventional worldwide study of adults with atrial fibrillation.

Aims: To analyse the characteristics of the 1399 patients recruited in France from August 2010 to July 2015, their 1-year outcomes and healthcare resource utilization.

Method: Patients aged ≥18 years with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (≤6 weeks' duration) and ≥1 stroke risk factor were eligible.

A cardiac implantable device infection by in an immunocompromized patient.

Infection of cardiac implantable electronic devices is a severe condition associated with high mortality, particularly in patients who are dependent upon heart-pacing devices. are found in 70 % of reported cases. We report the case of a cardiac-pacemaker infection in a 79-year-old man, cumulating a history of rheumatoid arthritis treated by corticosteroids and methotrexate by a recently identified micro-organism: .

Estimation of left ventricular systolic function by single transpulmonary thermodilution.

Objective: The single-indicator transpulmonary thermodilution technique (PiCCO system) provides two derived indices of cardiac systolic function: the cardiac function index and the global ejection fraction. We used transesophageal echocardiography to compare theses indices with left ventricular fractional area of change only for patients with no isolated right ventricular dysfunction. (The global cardiac systolic function may be decreased despite preserved left ventricular function in this situation.