Malignant ventricular arrhythmias induction by programmed electrical stimulation of the right ventricular outflow tract only during type 1 Brugada ECG maximization.

Objective: The role of electrophysiology study in Brugada syndrome (BS) sudden cardiac death risk stratification remains controversial and seems to depend on the phenotypic expression of the channelopathy. Ajmaline has a key role in the diagnosis of BS. We observed that programmed electrical stimulation (PES) of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), only when type 1 BS ECG is unmasked by ajmaline administration, induces ventricular arrhythmias.

Prevention of acute renal failure post-contrast imaging in cardiology: a randomized study.

Background: The contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the third most common cause of acute renal failure (ARF) and the worsening in a pre-existing chronic renal failure (CRF), with a foreseeable increase of morbidity, mortality, length of the stay in hospital and, as a consequence, of the health costs. We studied the effectiveness of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) associated with sodium bicarbonate (Na2HCO3) infusion in order to prevent CIN in patients undergoing coronary angiography with administration of contrast medium.

Materials And Methods: 296 patients with indication to perform coronary angiography were included in a randomized, observational study.

Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia after interatrial defect repair with patch apposition.

A 54-year-old woman with history of septal atrial mixoma surgically treated and drug-refractory supraventricular tachyarrhythmia underwent catheter ablation of macro-reentry areas near the pericardial patch placed to repair an interatrial defect. The use of ablative therapy has been successful to cure this arrhythmia.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: could a numerical simulator be a useful tool in order to predict the response of the biventricular pacemaker synchronization?

Background And Objectives: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can be considered as an established therapy for patients with moderate or severe heart failure (HF), depressed systolic function and a wide QRS complex. Biventricular stimulation through the CRT is applied at patients with an intra and/or inter-ventricular conduction delay. The goal of this technique is to resynchronize contraction between and within ventricles.