A 78-year-old male with a history of a cardiac embolic stroke due to persistent AF and cerebral bleeding (CHADS2 score 4, HAS-BLED score 4) was referred to our hospital to implant a left atrial appendage (LAA) closure (LAAC) device. A trans esophageal echocardiography was performed and a high echoic lesion that was difficult to differentiate the spontaneous echo contrast or thrombus was found in the LAA cavity. After isoproterenol infusion, a high echoic lesion disappeared and we confirmed that it was not an LAA thrombus. Successful LAAC device implantation was performed without any thromboembolic events.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pace.14033 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Preprocedural Screening Tool to Guide Nonpulmonary Vein Trigger Testing in First-Time Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
December 2024
Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Background: Patients undergoing first-time atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation can benefit from targeting non-pulmonary vein (PV) triggers. Preprocedural identification of high-risk individuals can guide planning of ablation strategy. This study aimed to create a preprocedural screening tool to identify patients at risk of non-PV triggers during first-time AF ablation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Heart failure is a potentially fatal event caused by diverse cardiovascular diseases, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors positively influence cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and heart failure, causing some side effects. We aimed to investigate the effect of the novel HDAC inhibitor YAK577 on the heart failure mouse model and its underlying mechanism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHemispheric divergence of interoceptive processing across psychiatric disorders.
Elife
November 2024
Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, United States.
Interactions between top-down attention and bottom-up visceral inputs are assumed to produce conscious perceptions of interoceptive states, and while each process has been independently associated with aberrant interoceptive symptomatology in psychiatric disorders, the neural substrates of this interface are unknown. We conducted a preregistered functional neuroimaging study of 46 individuals with anxiety, depression, and/or eating disorders (ADE) and 46 propensity-matched healthy comparisons (HC), comparing their neural activity across two interoceptive tasks differentially recruiting top-down or bottom-up processing within the same scan session. During an interoceptive attention task, top-down attention was voluntarily directed towards cardiorespiratory or visual signals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypertension-induced heart failure disrupts cardiac sympathetic innervation.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
December 2024
Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States.
About 26 million people worldwide live with heart failure (HF), and hypertension is the primary cause in 25% of these cases. Autonomic dysfunction and sympathetic hyperactivity accompany cardiovascular diseases, including HF. However, changes in cardiac sympathetic innervation in HF are not well understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFValidation Strategy for Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Long-Term Maintaining Sinus Rhythm: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Cardiol Res Pract
October 2024
Division of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Data comparing the outcomes of loose versus rigorous validation strategies for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) are limited. We aimed to prospectively assess the effectiveness of loose versus rigorous validation for PVI in patients with PAF with a maintained sinus rhythm. Patients ( = 117) with PAF were randomized to receive either loose validation ( = 59) or rigorous validation ( = 58) after PVI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!