QRS-T angle: is it a specific parameter associated with sudden cardiac death in type 2 diabetes? Results from the SURDIAGENE and the Mini-Finland prospective cohorts.

Aims/hypothesis: Type 2 diabetes is associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), but the risk of dying from another cause (non-SCD) is proportionally even higher. The aim of the study was to identify easily available ECG-derived features associated with SCD, while considering the competing risk of dying from non-SCD causes.

Methods: In the SURDIAGENE (Survie, Diabete de type 2 et Genetique) French prospective cohort of individuals with type 2 diabetes, 15 baseline ECG parameters were interpreted among 1362 participants (mean age 65 years; HbA 62±17 mmol/mol [7.

Baroreflex sensitivity assessed with the sequence method is associated with ventricular arrhythmias in patients implanted with a defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.

Background: Left ventricular ejection fraction lacks accuracy in predicting sudden cardiac death, resulting in unnecessary implantation of cardioverter defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Baroreflex sensitivity could help to stratify patients at risk of ventricular arrhythmia.

Aim: To assess the association between cardiac baroreflex sensitivity and ventricular arrhythmias in patients implanted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction.

Campylobacter coli cultured from the stools of a patient with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease.

Campylobacter has been associated with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID), on the basis of 16S rDNA sequencing, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry. Here, for the first time, we have cultured Campylobacter from the stools of a patient with IPSID. Phenotypic analysis and whole genome sequencing identified Campylobacter coli.

Laparoscopic surgery for complex Crohn's disease.

In primary Crohn's disease (CD), laparoscopic ileocolic resection has been shown to be both feasible and safe, and is associated with improved outcomes in terms of postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. At this time, it is unclear whether the laparoscopic approach can be routinely proposed as a safe procedure for patients with complex CD involving localized abscess, fistula or recurrent disease. The aim of this systematic literature review was to assess the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic surgery for complex or recurrent CD.