Publications by authors named "Maxime Zabern"
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in adults worldwide and represents an important burden for patients, physicians, and healthcare systems. AF is associated with substantial mortality and morbidity, due to the disease itself and its specific complications, such as the increased risk of stroke and thromboembolic events associated with AF. The temporal relation between AF episodes and stroke is nonetheless incompletely understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Compound motor action potential (CMAP) monitoring is a common method used to prevent right phrenic nerve palsy during cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation.
Objective: We compared recordings simultaneously obtained with surface and hepatic electrodes.
Methods: We included 114 consecutive patients (mean age 61.
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- Doctors did a study to see if using a special test called electrophysiological study (EPS) could help find patients at risk for heart problems after a certain heart surgery (TAVI).
- In the study, they added a drug test for patients who had a normal EPS to check for heart issues more accurately.
- Results showed that while the drug test helped find more patients who needed help, it also led to some patients getting heart devices they didn't really need.
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- QTc interval monitoring is crucial for preventing drug-induced arrhythmias, especially during COVID-19 treatment with drugs like hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.
- A study compared QTc measurements obtained from smartwatch single-lead ECGs using artificial intelligence (AI-QTc) to traditional 12-lead ECGs in COVID-19 patients.
- Results showed a fair agreement between the two methods, particularly on day 10 of monitoring, indicating that AI-assisted smartwatch ECGs could be effective for QTc monitoring in real-world settings, pending further validation.