8 results match your criteria: "Department of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte Hellerup Denmark.[Affiliation]"
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- A study examined the long-term impacts of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) on patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD), comparing ICD outcomes to usual care.* -
- The study included 1116 patients, with findings showing that ICD implantation did not significantly lower overall mortality or cardiovascular death rates, regardless of CKD status.* -
- However, ICDs were effective in reducing sudden cardiovascular deaths in both patients with and without CKD over a median follow-up of 9.5 years.*
Frailty and Recurrent Hospitalization After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
J Am Heart Assoc
April 2023
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.
Background For frail patients with limited life expectancy, time in hospital following transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an important measure of quality of life; however, data remain scarce. Thus, we aimed to investigate frailty and its relation to time in hospital during the first year after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Methods and Results From 2008 to 2020, all Danish patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement and were alive at discharge were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUse of Nonrecommended Drugs in Patients With Brugada Syndrome: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study.
J Am Heart Assoc
April 2023
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet København Denmark.
Article Synopsis
- About one-third of patients diagnosed with Brugada syndrome (BrS) were treated with nonrecommended medications, with no significant change in prescription patterns observed post-diagnosis.
- Female patients, those with psychiatric diseases, and those with prior use of nonrecommended drugs were more likely to use these medications after diagnosis.
- No significant associations were found between nonrecommended drug use and outcomes like appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy, mortality, or arrhythmic events during follow-up.
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- * In a study of 305 COVID-19 patients, lower GWI was found in patients with high levels of cardiac biomarkers, such as troponin and NT-proBNP, indicating worse cardiac function and a higher need for oxygen.
- * GWI was linked to an increased risk of death among patients, but it did not provide additional predictive value beyond existing clinical parameters like troponin and NT-proBNP levels.
Background It remains challenging to identify patients at risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to examine health care contacts in patients before OHCA compared with the general population that did not experience an OHCA. Methods and Results Patients with OHCA with a presumed cardiac cause were identified from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (2001-2014) and their health care contacts (general practitioner [GP]/hospital) were examined up to 1 year before OHCA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Following the implementation of the HeartRescue project, with interventions in the community, emergency medical services, and hospitals to improve care and outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in North Carolina, improved bystander and first responder treatments as well as survival were observed. This study aimed to determine whether these improvements were consistent across Black versus White individuals. Methods and Results Using the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), we identified OHCA from 16 counties in North Carolina (population 3 million) from 2010 to 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOut-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With and Without Psychiatric Disorders: Differences in Use of Coronary Angiography, Coronary Revascularization, and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Survival.
J Am Heart Assoc
August 2019
Department of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev and Gentofte Hellerup Denmark.
Background Healthcare disparities for psychiatric patients are common. Whether these inequalities apply to postresuscitation management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is unknown. We investigated differences in in-hospital cardiovascular procedures following OHCA between patients with and without psychiatric disorders.
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