Publications by authors named "M Benser"
Article Synopsis
- Guidelines recommend driving restrictions for 3 to 6 months after receiving an ICD shock, but there’s limited data supporting this duration.
- A study analyzed 14,230 ICD recipients to understand the timing of additional shocks following the first.
- Findings showed that the cumulative chance of getting a second shock was 14.5% at one month and 28.7% at six months, which suggests that driving restrictions might need reevaluation based on the risk of subsequent shocks.
Background: Endovascularly implanted leads risk vascular injury and endocarditis, and can be difficult to locate in desired positions for LV pacing. We evaluated the acute and long-term stability, electric performance and histopathology of a percutaneously placed intrapericardial lead (IPL).
Methods And Results: Twelve adult mongrel dogs underwent defibrillator implants incorporating IPLs.
Background: We hypothesized that left atrial pressure (LAP) obtained by a permanent implantable sensor is sensitive to changes in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) settings and could guide CRT optimization to improve the response rate. We investigated the effect of CRT optimization on LAP and its waveform parameters in ambulant heart failure (HF) patients.
Methods: CRT optimization was performed in eight ambulant HF patients, using echocardiography as reference.
Aims: In pacemaker patients with preserved atrio-ventricular (AV) conduction, atrial fibrillation (AF) can lead to symptomatic ventricular rate irregularity and loss of ventricular stimulation. We tested if dynamic ventricular overdrive (DVO) as a potentially pacemaker-integrated algorithm could improve both aspects.
Methods And Results: Different settings of DVO and ventricular-ventricular-inhibited-pacing (VVI) with different base rates were tested in two consecutive phases during electrophysiological studies for standard indications.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of a synthetic epicardial patch on chronic left ventricular (LV) remodeling after a myocardial infarction (MI) in pigs, focusing on cardiac performance over time.
- Twenty pigs with impaired cardiac function were divided into two groups: one receiving the patch and the other undergoing sham surgery; results showed improved cardiac function and reduced LV dilation in the patch group.
- The epicardial patch led to increased wall thickness and better LV ejection fraction compared to the control group, suggesting its potential benefits in post-MI recovery.