Publications by authors named "Noelle Langan"
Barriers and financial impact of same-day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
April 2021
Background: Same-day discharge (SDD) after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is increasingly being considered. This study examined the barriers and financial impact associated with SDD in a contemporary cohort of patients undergoing elective AF ablation.
Methods: A single center retrospective review was conducted of the 249 first case-of-the-day outpatient AF ablations performed in 2019 to evaluate the proportion of patients that could have undergone SDD.
Malignant Arrhythmias in Patients With COVID-19: Incidence, Mechanisms, and Outcomes.
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
November 2020
Article Synopsis
- Patients with COVID-19 who develop cardiac injury show higher rates of fatal arrhythmias, but the frequency and mechanisms are not well understood.
- A study involving 800 hospitalized patients compared those who died with those who were discharged, finding that deaths were associated with higher troponin levels and more serious arrhythmias during severe metabolic imbalance.
- The research concludes that while deadly arrhythmias occur more in COVID-19 patients who die, they account for a small part of overall cardiovascular deaths, mainly linked to severe metabolic issues.
Introduction: Recent studies have described several cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 including myocardial ischemia, myocarditis, thromboembolism, and malignant arrhythmias. However, to our knowledge, syncope in COVID-19 patients has not been systematically evaluated. We sought to characterize syncope and/or presyncope in COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Because device-related thrombus (DRT) portends a poor prognosis after left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman device, surveillance transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is recommended at 45 days and 1 year. However, oral anticoagulants are just discontinued at 45 days, rendering this early TEE unlikely to detect DRT. Indeed, DRT is most likely to occur after instituting aspirin monotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a Supplement.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) frequently coexist and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality risk.
Background: Although percutaneous left ventricular assist devices (pLVADs) facilitate mapping and ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia (VT), there is limited data whether clinical outcomes are improved. We sought to retrospectively compare the outcomes of patients undergoing scar-related VT ablation with and without pLVAD support.
Methods And Results: The study population comprised 194 patients (109 pLVAD and 85 non-pLVAD).