Publications by authors named "Jeff Hong"
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- The study examined the long-term survival of pacemaker and defibrillator leads in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease over a 30-year period, revealing overall lead survival rates of 87% at 10 years and 69% at 20 years.
- It identified factors that contributed to earlier lead failure, including male sex, younger age, significant somatic growth, lead location, and implantation technique.
- The most critical factor linked to lead failure was significant patient somatic growth of 5 cm/year or more, which affected both lead performance and the relationship between demographic characteristics and lead longevity.
Background: There have been few large-scale studies on the outcomes of cardiomyopathy-associated heart failure (HF) in infants aged <1 year. This study aimed to assess longitudinal echocardiographic outcomes of infants with HF secondary to cardiomyopathy who survived for >1 year.
Methods And Results: A prospective observational study following 327 infant patients up to 5 years in 2 large pediatric heart centers in Northern China between January 2010 and December 2018.
Cardioneuroablation for pediatric patients with functional sinus node dysfunction and paroxysmal atrioventricular block.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
February 2024
Introduction: Severe transitory episodes of bradycardia with subsequent syncope in children are common, and generally portend a benign prognosis. Rarely, patients may experience prolonged asystolic episodes secondary to significant sinus pauses (SP) or paroxysmal atrioventricular block (AVB). Cardioneuroablation (CNA) is a catheter-based intervention, used to identify and ablate the epicardial ganglionated plexi (GP), which results in disruption of the vagal-mediated parasympathetic input to the sinus and atrioventricular node.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiac arrhythmias in postural tachycardia syndrome and orthostatic intolerance.
Cardiol Young
February 2023
Background And Objectives: There is sparse literature on cardiac arrhythmias and the utility of ambulatory rhythm monitoring in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome and orthostatic intolerance. This study's primary aim was to investigate the prevalence of arrhythmias in this population. Knowing the prevalence and types of arrhythmias in dysautonomia patients could influence the decision to pursue ambulatory rhythm monitoring and ultimately guide therapy.
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- Prosthetic valve thrombosis can be a life-threatening complication for patients with heart valve replacements and often requires surgery or thrombolysis for treatment.
- For patients who cannot undergo these standard treatments, options may be scarce.
- This case report details a successful alternative method where an infant's obstructed prosthetic mitral valve was treated using advanced imaging techniques to manipulate the valve without traditional surgery.
Cough and expiration reflexes elicited by inhaled irritant gases are intensified in ovalbumin-sensitized mice.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
May 2017
This study was designed to determine the effect of active sensitization with ovalbumin (Ova) on cough responses to inhaled irritant gases in mice. Conscious mice moved freely in a recording chamber, while the pressure change in the chamber and audio and video signals of the mouse movements were recorded simultaneously to measure the frequencies of cough reflex (CR) and expiration reflex (ER). To further verify the accuracy of cough analysis, the intrapleural pressure was also recorded by a telemetry sensor surgically implanted in the intrapleural space in a subgroup of mice.
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