Safety and performance of MR-conditional pacing systems with automated MRI mode at 1.5 and 3 Tesla.

Objectives: To evaluate at 1.5 and 3 T MRI the safety and performance of trademarked ENO, TEO, or OTO pacing systems with automated MRI Mode and the image quality of non-enhanced MR examinations.

Methods: A total of 267 implanted patients underwent MRI examination (brain, cardiac, shoulder, cervical spine) at 1.

Gapless Electrocardiogram-Monitoring in stroke at high risk of atrial fibrillation.

Background And Purpose: Previous studies investigating prolonged electrocardiogram (ECG)-monitoring after ischemic stroke had significant gaps between the index event and the beginning of long-term monitoring. Atrial fibrillation (AF) detection might be higher if prolonged cardiac rhythm documentation is performed with a gapless approach without any interruption of monitoring time.

Methods: This investigator-initiated, prospective study included patients with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack at three study centers.

Acute coronary syndrome in immigrants and non-immigrants : Results of an Austrian prospective pilot study.

Background: There are indications that immigrant patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) differ in demographic characteristics and clinical presentation from non-immigrant patients. The aim of this prospective pilot study was to gather clinical and sociodemographic data from patients with ACS and to compare immigrants with non-immigrants.

Methods: Included were consecutive patients who underwent acute coronary angiography in one cardiological department for ACS from September 2011 to September 2013.

Familial Himalayan p wave and left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction.

Background: "Himalayan P waves," are reported in congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies.

Methods: We report a family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Himalayan P waves, extensive focal right atrial wall thickening and left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT).

Results: The father received a pacemaker and underwent heart transplantation because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.