Publications by authors named "Tim Brouwer"
Article Synopsis
- Atrial fibrillation treatment often requires catheter ablation when medications fail, and this study compares two methods: cryoballoon ablation and pulsed field ablation (PFA).
- Researchers analyzed data from 1,714 patients and found that the cryoballoon method had a significantly higher rate of phrenic nerve palsy and longer procedure durations compared to PFA.
- The results suggest that PFA is safer and more efficient than cryoballoon ablation, with advantages such as faster procedures and no instances of phrenic nerve palsy.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of using a liberal post-dilatation strategy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- It analyzed data from over 10,000 patients before (2015-2017) and after (2018-2020) implementing this strategy, focusing on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and other mortality rates.
- Results showed a significant reduction in 30-day MACE, mortality, and heart attacks following the new strategy, suggesting it may improve patient outcomes after PCI, though further research is needed to confirm these findings.
Objectives: Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening complication after cardiac surgery. Echocardiography, both transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TEE), may help to identify cardiac tamponade after surgery, but its diagnostic value remains unverified after cardiac surgery.
Methods: This retrospective single-centre cohort study used the electronic medical record and echocardiography database of the Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, a tertiary referral cardiothoracic centre, to identify patients who received echocardiography because they were clinically suspected of having cardiac tamponade within the 4 weeks after cardiac surgery.
Background: To support GPs in diagnosing and monitoring their patients with asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 'asthma/COPD services' have been developed. Within these services, pulmonologists perform structured diagnostic and therapeutic assessments based on the combination of written history data and spirometry.
Aim: This study determines the validity of the diagnosis and advice when assessed using only written information.