Publications by authors named "Jennifer Grando Ting"
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- The study focuses on the effectiveness of fast anatomical mapping (FAM) and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) for reconstructing the left atrium (LA) during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).
- It involved 60 patients, with the first half undergoing mapping without respiratory gating and the second half with it, to assess the impact on LA volume measurements.
- Results showed that FAM provided larger LA volumes than ICE without respiratory gating, but with respiratory gating, the volumes from both methods were similar, indicating the importance of gating in accurate measurements.
Background: Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) clinicians are hampered by the paucity of data to inform clinical decision-making. The objective of this study was to identify priorities for clinical research in ACHD.
Methods: A list of 45 research questions was developed by the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC), compiled into a survey, and administered to ACHD providers.
Objective: Heart failure (HF) is one of the most important complications in pregnant women with heart disease, causing maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.
Methods: This is an international observational registry of patients with structural heart disease during pregnancy. Sixty hospitals in 28 countries enrolled 1321 women between 2007 and 2011.
Background: Atrial tachyarrhythmias (AT) including atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFL), and atrial tachycardia represent a clinical challenge in the adult with congenital heart disease (CHD). Dofetilide (D) is a rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr) blocker effective in pharmacological conversion and maintenance of normal sinus rhythm in patients with AF and AFL. There is limited knowledge regarding the role of D in adults with CHD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although aortic root pathology has been described in patients with tetralogy of Fallot, the scope of the problem remains poorly defined. We sought to determine the prevalence and predictors of aortic root dilatation in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.
Methods And Results: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted with standardized reassessment of echocardiographic parameters in 474 adults (≥18 years) with surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot or pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect.
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- *The study revealed that 14.4% had mildly decreased and 6.3% had moderately to severely decreased left ventricular (LV) function.
- *Factors like male gender, longer duration of shunt before repair, history of arrhythmia, and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction were linked to greater LV dysfunction severity.
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- The study examined arrhythmias in adults with tetralogy of Fallot, finding that 43.3% experienced sustained arrhythmias or interventions.
- Prevalence rates for specific arrhythmias included 20.1% for atrial tachyarrhythmias and 14.6% for ventricular arrhythmias, with older age, cardiac surgeries, and heart structure changes being significant risk factors.
- Atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias were found to increase notably after age 45, highlighting a considerable arrhythmia burden tied more to left-sided heart conditions than to right-sided ones.