Late Potential Abolition in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation.

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate-based ablation has become the gold standard treatment for patients with structural heart disease-related VT. VT is linked to re-entry in relation to myocardial scarring, with areas of conduction block (core scar) and of slow conduction (border zone). Slow conduction areas can be detected in sinus rhythm as late potentials (LPs).

Women doctors and their careers in a large university hospital in Spain at the beginning of the 21st century.

Background: The feminization of medicine has risen dramatically over the past decades. The aim of this article was to compare the advance of women with that of men and determine the differences between hierarchical status and professional recognition achieved by women in medicine.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in the Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain, of the period from 1996 to 2008.

Gender inequalities in the medical profession: are there still barriers to women physicians in the 21st century?

Aim: To analyze women's advancement compared with that of men and to determine whether advancement in hierarchical status differs from advancement in the professional recognition achieved by women from 1996 to 2008.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried in Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. We analyzed data on temporary and permanent positions, hierarchy, promotions, specialty, age, and sex among the participants.